GENUINE WORKER PARTICIPATIONAN INDISPENSABLE KEY TO EFFECTIVE GLOBAL OHS

被引：14

作者：

Brown, Garrett ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Maquiladora Hlth & Safety Support Network, POB 124, Berkeley, CA 94701 USA

来源：

NEW SOLUTIONS-A JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH POLICY | 2009年 / 19卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.2190/NS.19.3.c

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Working conditions, including workplace safety, in global supply chains of products sold by transnational corporations have only marginally improved over the last 15 years despite the development of hundreds of corporate "codes of conduct," code monitoring systems, and an elaborate new "corporate social responsibility" industry. The two underlying reasons for the lack of significant change are: 1) a schizophrenic business model which fatally undermines "socially responsible" sourcing programs with unyielding dictates for the lowest possible production costs; and 2) the lack of any meaningful participation by shop-floor workers in plant safety programs. Only when trained, empowered, and active workers are an integral part of workplace safety programs will conditions improve over the long term.

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页码：315 / 333

页数：19