Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Labor Standards: Firms and Activists in the Making of Private Regulation

@inproceedings{Fransen2011CorporateSR,
  title={Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Labor Standards: Firms and Activists in the Making of Private Regulation},
  author={Luc Fransen},
  year={2011}
}
Part I: Understanding Private Labor Regulation 1. Private Labor Regulation: Why and What Is It Good For? 2. Understanding Developments in Private Labor Regulation: A Research Framework Part II: Organizing Private Labor Regulation 3. Labor Standards, Implementation and Degrees of Control: A Power Based Analysis of Private Regulatory Approaches 4. How to Dress Up a Code: The Politics of Developing Private Regulatory Organizations Part III: Business Demand and Competition 5. Choosing a Code… 
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