Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains – Washington, DC

The International Finance Corporation (a member of the World Bank Group) will host the Better Work Research Conference Oct. 26-28, 2011, in Washington DC.  Here’s a short description:

The last decades have witnessed a growing concern over labour rights and working conditions in developing country locations supplying for the global market. The Better Work research conference Workers, Firms, and Government: Understanding labour compliance in global supply chains aims at analysing the impact of labour standards compliance in global supply chains on firms and workers, looking at the ‘business case’ as well as at the ‘development case’ for labour standards.

Abstracts are due by March 31, 2011. Full call for papers posted on Workplace Prof Blog. mw