Dilemmas of Diversity Management

Businesses face several dilemmas when it comes to ensuring a diverse workforce and offering work flexibility.

Thyla Fontein • May 10, 2014

From CIA to CSR: the influence of the United States and US companies on labour rights in Guatemala

In 1954 CIA sponsored a coup d’état to protect the interests of US fruit companies at the expense of labour union rights. Through trade agreements and private standards they now intend to restore the damage and force Guatemala to improve its labour laws.

Ruben Zandvliet and Hanna Bosdriesz • March 14, 2014 • 1 comment

The International Labour Organization and Corporate Social Responsibility

“The business of business should not just be about money, it should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed.” But do private or public actors and processes define the ‘public good’?

Ruben Zandvliet • February 20, 2014

Schlecker and beyond. New input in debates about international labour law and CSR?

The ECJ has ruled on the escape clause of article 6 Rome Convention. How “special”/”ordinary” will this Schlecker case turn out to be in other cases of international labour law or even in cases of torts where article 4 (3) Rome II Regulation is invoked?

Veerle Van Den Eeckhout • December 13, 2013

Changing labour conditions in global supply chains

Last April, 1129 workers died when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Bangladesh. Can this disaster be used as a catalyst for change? While governments are hesitant to take action, multinational companies are divided in a ‘European’ and ‘American’ camp.

Ruben Zandvliet • September 17, 2013 • 2 comments

Banking on Corporate Social Responsibility: the case of shale gas

Rabobank’s ‘no’ to shale gas is prompted by social responsibility as much as commercial motives. Is this a bad thing?

Caspar van Woensel • July 22, 2013

New Possibilities for Argumentation in International Labour Law and Corporate Liability coming up?

The Schlecker case is of importance for experts in international labour law, but possibly also for those who are concerned with Transnational Corporate Social Responsibility and, more generally, with the possible contribution of PIL to Social Justice.

Veerle Van Den Eeckhout • March 29, 2013 • 1 comment

God in the Investment Business

The Christian Equity Index represents a Vatican-backed medium for ‘socially responsible investment’. To work, it will have to be more flexible.

Gilles Becker and Rogier van Geel • March 25, 2013

The quid pro quo of domestic state support and international labour standards

Many Dutch companies receive financial or other support from the state. The goal of these policies is to strengthen the Dutch economy. But the use of state support is increasingly being linked to the observance of international labour standards.

Ruben Zandvliet • June 19, 2012

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