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Corporate Responsibility Worldwide - Potential of the Supply Chain Act for Trade Union Work

For trade unions and employee representatives, the legal situation results in concrete tasks of co-creation and opportunities for the enforcement of employee rights in Germany and worldwide. Different existing control tools and rules for the globalized economy are presented, the supply chain law is classified and analyzed in it, with a perspective on global production networks. The law is then presented with a view to which specific obligations arise for companies and which tasks for employee representatives. The Bangladesh and International Accords for the textile and clothing industries show how an agreement between companies, trade unions and trade unions, i.e. a private regulatory initiative, can work, especially in the field of occupational health and safety. This can also be seen in particular as success factors for the establishment of complaint mechanisms, as required under the Supply Chain Act.

Scope: 55 pages

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