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Corporate social responsibility instruments and their impact on labour rights

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The aim of this article was to assess to what extent self-regulation within the CSR framework contributes to improving workers’ rights worldwide. Transnational company agreements, corporate codes of conduct, NGOs’ social accountability standards, ISO standards, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the Global Reporting Initiative were critically analysed us- ing logical-linguistic, historical and comparative legal methods. The research showed some evidence of a limited impact of CSR instruments on labour rights and proved that CSR tools can be perceived only as additional value to law.

Source: Acta Iuris Stetinensis

DOI: 10.18276/ais.2020.29-12

Author: Aneta Tyc

Institution: University of Łódź

Language: English

Topic: Corporate Law and Human Rights

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3138035763