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Labor Rights In The Generalized System Of Preferences: A 20-Year Review, Lance A. Compa, Jeffrey S. Vogt

Lance A Compa

[Excerpt]In the fall of 1982, a small group of labor, religious, and human rights activists began charting a new course for human rights and workers' rights in American trade policy. The principles of these labor rights advocates were straightforward: 1. No country should attract investment or gain an edge in international trade by violating workers' rights; 2. No company operating in global trade should gain a competitive edge by violating workers' rights; and, 3. Workers have a right to demand protection for labor rights in the international trade system, and to have laws to accomplish it. The coalition that took …

...And The Twain Shall Meet?, Lance A. Compa

Lance A Compa

[Excerpt] No country or company should gain a commercial edge in international trade by jailing or killing union organizers, crushing independent union movements, or banning strikes. Gaining an advantage in labor costs should not depend on exploiting child labor or forced labor, or discriminating against women or oppressed ethnic groups. Deliberately exposing workers to life-threatening safety and health hazards, or holding wages and benefits below livable levels should not be permissible corporate strategies. But these are exactly the abuses that happen all too often in a rapidly globalized world trading system based on "free trade."

Corporate Social Responsibility And Workers’ Rights, Lance A. Compa

Lance A Compa

[Excerpt] Corporate social responsibility (CSR) brings an important dimension to the global economy. CSR can enhance human rights, labor rights, and labor standards in the workplace by joining consumer power and socially responsible business leadership—not just leadership in Nike headquarters in Oregon or Levi Strauss headquarters in California, but leadership in trading house headquarters in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and leadership at the factory level in Dongguan and Shenzhen. Ten years ago, I would not have said this. I viewed corporate social responsibility and corporate codes of conduct as public relations maneuvers to pacify concerned consumers. Behind a facade of …

Pondering Fdi In Crisis: Investment Could Drop Or It Just Might Rise, Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant, "Pondering FDI in crisis: investment could drop or it just might rise", op. ed., Shanghai Daily, 28 November 2008, p. A. 6.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Obstacles To Institutional Investor Activism In Europe And In The Us (Pdf Format), Paolo Santella, Enrico Baffi, Carlo Drago, Dino Lattuca

Paolo Santella

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Obstacles To Institutional Investor Activism In Europe And In The Us (Pdf Format), Paolo Santella, Enrico Baffi, Carlo Drago, Dino Lattuca

Carlo Drago

No abstract provided.

Emerging Markets' Fdi Strikes Sensitive Nerve, Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant, "Emerging markets' FDI strikes sensitive nerve" op. ed., Shanghai Daily, October 23, 2008.

Fight Fraud With Strong Internal Controls, Robert L. Kardell, L. Rand Gambrell

Robert L Kardell

No abstract provided.

Quashing The Financial Firestorm, Aaron S. Edlin

Aaron Edlin

Start the financial rescue with containment, establish unlimited deposit insurance and continuous access to funds, then move to a well thought-out plan to quash the financial flames.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Obstacles To Institutional Investor Activism In Europe And In The Us (Pdf Format), Paolo Santella, Enrico Baffi, Carlo Drago, Dino Lattuca

Paolo Santella

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Obstacles To Institutional Investor Activism In Europe And In The Us (Pdf Format), Paolo Santella, Enrico Baffi, Carlo Drago, Dino Lattuca

Carlo Drago

No abstract provided.

!!! بیمارستان, Sajjad Khaksari

SAJJAD KHAKSARI

داستان کوتاه «بیمارستان» ریشه در واقعیت های تلخ جامعه ما و پزشکان ما دارد

International Labor Standards, Soft Regulation, And National Government Roles, Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Anil Verma

Sarosh Kuruvilla

[Excerpt] In this article, we briefly describe the different approaches to the regulation of international labor standards, and then argue for a new role for national governments based on soft rather than hard regulation approaches. We argue that this new role shows potential for significantly enhancing progress in international labor standards, since it enables governments to articulate a position without having to deal with the enforcement issues that hard regulation mandates. We justify this new role for governments based on the increasing use of soft regulation in the international arena. Of course, this approach is not without its own problems, …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Obstacles To Institutional Investor Activism In Europe And In The Us (Pdf Format), Paolo Santella, Enrico Baffi, Carlo Drago, Dino Lattuca

Paolo Santella

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Obstacles To Institutional Investor Activism In Europe And In The Us (Pdf Format), Paolo Santella, Enrico Baffi, Carlo Drago, Dino Lattuca

Carlo Drago

No abstract provided.

A Dinâmica Dos Novos Atores Nas Negociações Do Acordo Entre Mercosul E Ce, Daniela Menengoti Ribeiro

Daniela Menengoti Ribeiro

The present article considers a look on the diversity of actors in the formation of the integration blocks, with special prominence for the conjuncture of the agreement between Mercosul and European Community, being based on the conception antiformalist of the international law. Beyond the traditional actors other different groups and structuralized associations around of the local, national or international challenges, mark the ideas politics of the formations of the regional blocks, as well as of the agreements between blocks. This phenomenon of identification of the new actors politicians would be unquestionable if the traditional methodology of the jurists and the …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Obstacles To Institutional Investor Activism In Europe And In The Us (Pdf Format), Paolo Santella, Enrico Baffi, Carlo Drago, Dino Lattuca

Paolo Santella

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Obstacles To Institutional Investor Activism In Europe And In The Us (Pdf Format), Paolo Santella, Enrico Baffi, Carlo Drago, Dino Lattuca

Carlo Drago

No abstract provided.

International Strategic Alliance, Mohd Arif

Mohd Arif

A Strategic Alliance is a relationship between firms to creat more value than they can on their own

Tercer Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Tercer Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autónomos

"Autonomía, Reforma Legislativa y Gasto Público"

Identity Theft: How It Happens, How To Protect Yourself, Robert L. Kardell, Michelle E. Minnich

Robert L Kardell

No abstract provided.

Fair Contracts For Poor Countries, Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant, 《Fair contracts for poor countries》, op. ed. published by the Project Syndicate on 29 February 2008.

Transnational Corporations (Tncs) And The Effective Implementation Of Social And Economic Rights: Current And Prospective Avenues, Analia Marsella

Analia Marsella Sende

In this Essay, I explain the role and impact of transnational corporations in the process of development and implementation of economic and social rights at a global scale and identify the solutions that I regard as plausible. I do so from an international human rights perspective that integrates both the legal and non-legal approaches. I concentrate on the international aspects of legalization, adjudication, and policy making. First, I analyze social and economic rights in the current context, the old and most recent understandings, and the challenges posed by the phenomenon of globalization together with the rising of corporations in the …

Insider Trading: Incoherent In Theory, Inefficient In Practice, Eric A. Engle

Eric A. Engle

Insider trading: The words alone evoke conflicting feelings of jealousy and greed. But what is wrong with insider trading? Nothing. In fact, insider trading is good for the economy. Insider trading results in an efficient allocation of capital and thus makes the world wealthier.

The Use Of Special Committees In Mergers And Acquisitions, Benjamin James, Jeffrey Chapman

Benjamin James

It is critical for boards of directors to address properly conflicts of interest in business combinations. Many boards have appointed special committees of independent directors to ensure that stockholders’ interests are protected in mergers and acquisitions and, in certain circumstances, to shift the burden from directors, who must establish the "entire fairness" of the transaction, to the stockholder-plaintiffs, who must establish unfairness. This paper addresses the fiduciary framework governing mergers and acquisitions and the requirements to appoint and conduct the activities of a special committee under Delaware law.

Space Settlements, Property Rights, And International Law: Could A Lunar Settlement Claim The Lunar Real Estate It Needs To Survive?, Alan Wasser, Douglas Jobes

Alan Wasser

The settlement of space and the expansion of the habitat of humanity beyond Earth will benefit all mankind but will be astronomically expensive. Private enterprise would do it if there were a sufficient profit potential, something only Lunar and Martian real estate is valuable enough to provide. Utilization of this tremendous potential value as an incentive has been prevented by the mistaken assumption that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty's prohibition of "national appropriation" and requirement of national supervision of private activities prohibit private property in space. This paper attempts to demonstrate, by expert legal consensus, that the 1967 Outer Space …

Designing A Litigation Hold Process, Robert L. Kardell

Robert L Kardell

No abstract provided.

Do R&D Programs Of Different Government Levels Overlap In The European Union?, Andrea Fernandez-Ribas, Isabel Busom

Andrea Fernandez-Ribas

Multiple levels of government currently design and implement research and innovation programs both in the US and in Europe. Empirical analysis of interdependencies among programs has not been fully explored, however. Our contribution is a first step in understanding potential complementarities across R&D programs. Using a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms, we study the determinants of firms’ participation in national and in European level research programs and test for differences across programs. Our results suggest that firms’ participation in European and national R&D programs is largely driven by different factors. We interpret these results as suggesting that, ex-post, there is …

El Colegio De Abogados Como Un Cartel: Efectos Económicos Y Sociales De La Restricción De Publicidad De Los Abogados, Óscar Sumar, Julio Avellaneda

Oscar Súmar

No abstract provided.

De Paradojas Y Neocons, Mario Šilar

Mario Šilar

No abstract provided.