factories to follow up on a previous exposé. The two factories produce expensive sweaters for an array of European apparel companies, companies which assure their customers that the workers are guaranteed the core rights established by the International Labor Organization (ILO), including freedom of association and the elimination of child labor. Well, that turns out not to exactly be the case. And it turns out that most Americans still likely know very little about the conditions under which the clothes
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Glickstein, “human trafficking is a serious crime and [global] human right tragedy” (Manson et al, 2012, p.735). Approximately 12.3 million are projected to be victims, whereas their perpetrators harvest over $32 billion as profit according to International Labor Organization Statistics (ILO, 2009). Glickstein believes that nurses have a part to play in the effort to this human tragedy through human trafficking awareness campaign, in addition to and teaching skills for detecting victims of human trafficking
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Competition Policy Newsletter Standard‑setting from a competition law perspective by Ruben Schellingerhout (1) FeAtured ArtICle Competition rules to ensure that the benefits of standards materialise Competition regulators pay attention to standard setting because legally a standard constitutes an agreement between companies. However, the Com‑ mission has always taken the view that there are also clear benefits associated with standard‑setting. As early as 1992 the Commission outlined this gen‑
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COURSE OUTLINE MGMT/INTL 446 - Fall 2013 Date Topic Read Aug. 23 F Course introduction 26 M International HRM overview Ch. 1 28 W IHRM overview (continued) Last day to add/drop classes 30 F In-class exercise: Staffing a New Joint Venture Blackboard Sept. 2 M LABOR DAY HOLIDAY – NO CLASS 4 W The cultural context of IHRM Ch. 2 6 F The cultural context (continued) Research project team formation
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KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION BETTER FACTORIES CAMBODIA THIRTIETH SYNTHESIS REPORT ON WORKING CONDITIONS IN CAMBODIA’S GARMENT SECTOR Publication date Report period : 18 July 2013 : 1 November 2012 – 30 April 2013 Copyright © International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) (2013) First published (2013) Publications of the ILO enjoy copyright under Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. Nevertheless, short excerpts
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1.1 Prelude to Child Labour Child is the father of a man. Child is the wealth of a state. Child is the hope and future of a nation. Child is the precursor of human civilization. When the child is so important in the life of a nation; he can neither be ignored nor neglected in the onward march of a world civilization. Children should therefore be properly reared up for the sake of human civilization, for the sake of a nation and its government. Environment should be so created that a child may
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WORKING GROUP UNDER THE APPLICATIONS AREA Calendaring and Scheduling (calsch) Calendaring and scheduling were made for organizational use and were limited to person in the same system and boundaries in an organization. The working group was meant to develop standards to make it work across organizations and different boundaries. The work included the development of MIME content types to represent common objects needed for calendaring and group scheduling and access protocols between the persons and the
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Section‐B Case Study: A Bill with A Class Act The role of a well‐functioning financial market is to create conditions wherein the savings in the economy can be smoothly channelized into investments. To make this transmission smooth and attractive for all stakeholders, it’s important that everyone plays by the rules. So, the rules have to be well defined and the interests of all stakeholders adequately protected. Stock markets in India are regulated and monitored by the Securities and Exchange
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children were found working in the same area in zari industry this incident should not remain a media hype but now it is important to take action. These children were trafficked and were literally sold by middle man. GAP has shown the intent by international company should work against child labour and it is heartening to see that the Indian law enforcement is following suit. Such incidents show that holistic perspective is required in eliminating child labour form co-operations, civil society the
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full-service custom unit fabrication. This has historically allowed Spartan to maintain a positive rapport with clients, as their approach allowed for meeting the client’s specific needs. However, the industry trend has changed and competition from international sources has pressured Spartan’s Executive Management to revise the fiveyear development plan to compete with Korean and European firms. The standard for the industry has shifted from customized solutions to a low-price, highly-standardized market
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