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Publication Date: January 01, 2023
Source: Rotman Management Magazine
Despite an uptick in socially-responsible behaviour by corporations in recent years, irresponsible employment practices remain all too common. Workers have been enslaved (by Nestle's seafood suppliers in Thailand) and subjected to compulsory political and religious indoctrination (by suppliers to Adidas, H&M and Nike in China). The authors share their research findings, which cast doubt on the ability of monitoring alone to compel suppliers in emerging markets to change their practices. What is needed, they argue, is a new brand of entrepreneur: the institutional entrepreneur. Emerging-market manufacturers and the corporations that buy from them must join forces to meet the challenge of eliminating low-road employment practices.
