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04030aam a2200397 i 4500 001 7F028A5AFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 190311s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018058253 020 $a 0190903848 020 $a 9780190903848 020 $a 019090383X 020 $a 9780190903831 035 $a (OCoLC)1079864367 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d PUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HD6971.8 H47 2019 100 1 $a Hertel, Shareen $e author. 245 10 $a Tethered fates : $b companies, communities, and rights at stake / $c Shareen Hertel. 264 1 $a New York : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xi, 223 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a " Since the 1990s, human rights advocates, business leaders, and consumers have become increasingly attuned to mitigating sweatshop labor and other abuses in the supply chains that manufacture the clothing, electronics, and countless other products that we buy and use each day. But we know surprisingly little about how companies interact with people in the communities beyond the factory's walls. In many cases, community members are left out of the process of identifying both risks and solutions to problems in global supply chains, including how global companies could add social value in the localities where they operate. Business, governments, and civil society are supposed to be jointly responsible for shaping the remedies available to people harmed in the course of business activity, wherever it takes place. However, the answer to the question of how to do this remains underdeveloped and poorly executed. This book explores the conditions under which local communities and companies can work with one another and the types of remedies available in one of the most widespread and challenging sectors: light manufacturing. Tethered Fates draws on quantitative data (including the 7,000-company database of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre) and original qualitative data to analyze regional and industry-specific trends in stakeholder dialogue globally and at the local level. The book features original interviews with community members in two factory towns in the Dominican Republic, whose perspectives shed light on the prospects for dialogue with companies and the challenges of everyday life in towns where light manufacturing takes place. Tethered Fates does more than simply explain why stakeholder dialogue often falls short as a vehicle for safeguarding economic rights and promoting community development. It also offers an assessment of the varieties of emerging policy alternatives for moving beyond the current state of practice. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Tethered Fates explores the challenge of safeguarding economic rights beyond the factory floor in global supply chains. Drawing on a 7,000-company database, it maps trends in company-community interaction through "stakeholder dialogue." It features grassroots perspectives from two manufacturing communities in the Dominican Republic, and assesses emerging policy alternatives globally"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- A genealogy of community consultation -- Global landscape and local contexts for stakeholder consultation -- The people beyond the tag: stakeholder perceptions in Villa Altagracia -- Challenges down the road: stakeholder perceptions in Bonao -- Policy implications of changes in stakeholder consultation -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Interview questionnaire -- Appendix 2: Cuestionario. 650 0 $a Employee rights. 650 0 $a Human rights. 650 0 $a Sweatshops. 650 0 $a International business enterprises. 650 0 $a Economic development. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318013301.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204012010.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7F028A5AFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search