Australia is following in the footsteps of UK and US embracing discourse regulatory technologies associated with modern slavery regulation. This paper offers a critical perspective on this development. It begins brief account concept's rise to prominence, discusses political economy which it embedded. then explores some advantages, as well pitfalls, frame, its approaches, techniques discourse. The authors raise three broad sets concerns. first goes danger exclusively focusing criminal...

This paper undertakes an examination of the espoused commitment to CSR principles and its relationship with labour management systems in two Australian mining companies. The explores extent which adoption a strategy has affected three respects: “collective” relations unions; “partnership‐style” unions workers; HPWS measures. concludes that while each company made substantial “in principle” commitments as result CSR, there is nothing suggest considerations are sufficiently powerful themselves...

This research report presents findings from a survey of employee share ownership practice in Australian listed companies. The focused on broad-based plans (ESOPs): that is, are open to majority employees within the company. purpose this study was fourfold: (1) inform public policy debate issue through providing, for first time, detailed account plan companies; (2) examine how, if at all, regulatory framework taxation and corporate law is impacting upon decision by companies implement ESOPs...

Contents: Preface Introduction: Social governance in a global economy: introduction to an evolving agenda, Kate Macdonald and Shelley Marshall Part I Individual Civic Action Through Fair Trade: trade at the centre of development, Steve Knapp Developing markets, building networks: promoting fair Asia, Claribel B. David Hyun-Seung Anna Kim Mainstreaming brands problem ownership, Hutchens What gives its right operate? Organizational legitimacy strategic management, Alex Nicholls Voluntarism...

An important debate concerns the meaning of duty imposed on company directors to act in best interests company. Are shareholders' paramount when accordance with this duty? To what extent can stakeholders other than shareholders be considered by directors? Does need changed facilitate socially responsible behaviour There have been significant international developments addressing these questions. For example, United Kingdom was reformulated 2006. In Australia, two recent government inquiries...

This research report provides detailed analysis of data collected from a major survey into how company directors balance the competing and sometimes conflicting interests stakeholder groups, including employees, creditors shareholders. The findings have significant policy implications. obligations toward stakeholders whether law directors' duties needs to be changed been subject much public debate. There government inquiries on this topic in number countries. However, there has little...

This article is centrally concerned with the mechanisms and processes through which human rights in transnational business practices can be respected remedied when breached, a particular focus on workers’ global garment supply chains. The United Nations (‘UN’) Guiding Principles Business Human Rights (‘UNGPs’) represent high-level attempt to provide normative framework for these issues.

This paper examines the application of labour law in micro and small enterprises (MSEs) by comparing practices various member States ILO. Extending coverage to numerous MSEs has been problematic several countries largely due practical reasons limited state capabilities number involved. While make 'strategic choices' which legal provisions comply with, have choice 'responsive regulation' as well.

In 2018, the Australian Parliament passed Modern Slavery Act (AMSA), which requires approximately 3,000 businesses in Australia earning over AUD$100m p.a. to report on risks of modern slavery their operations and global supply chains, actions reduce those risks. The Government hopes that AMSA's disclosure-based reporting model will spur race top; by conducting human rights due diligence. We not know how useful under AMSA is until begin report. Because modelled UK's 2015 (UKMSA), UKMSA gives...

Some of the worst human rights conditions globally are found in Rajasthan’s sandstone quarries. This paper asks if state-based regulation economic-North advanced under Business and Human Rights agenda: disclosure-based regimes, due diligence compliance regimes trade-based could advance efforts to improve respect for this sector. It adopts fields struggle lens global value chain theoretical approaches business power governance understand challenging political economic dynamics that entrench...

This study examines new data concerning the extent of board diversity in Malaysia and effect that on firm performance. We find presence non-Malay ethnic minorities women Malaysian boards is significantly associated with provides empirical support are significant paper recommends policies foster remain important. However, contexts where not empirically linked performance, policy focus should first be directed to measures encourage openness.

The recent financial crisis and Great Recession have been compared to other historical moments during which significant shifts in regimes of market governance occurred. Here, we engage with the pieces that follow this special section Politics & Society as consider three dimensions along global might be transformed direction greater democracy. First, given problems often extend across national boundaries, enhanced intergovernmental coordination could play a key role promoting public...

In the face of declining prominence and influence under industrial relations laws regulating Australian workplaces, trade unions appear increasingly to be directing their attention Corporations Law as a mechanism for pursuing union employee “voice” within corporate business organisation. This paper undertakes an examination four recent “union shareholder” campaigns, circumstances in which they were undertaken, objectives strategies outcomes campaigns. The also opens up consideration whether...

With the global shortage of doctor philosophy-prepared nursing faculty and an aging professorate, profession is at risk having fewer nurses doing research to supervise next generation nurse researchers.A training award for graduate students was piloted with intent providing a research-intensive experiential learning opportunity that would contribute students' future roles as researchers. This article describes program design, implementation, evaluation.The Graduate Student Research Training...

Cross-border surrogacy is a global industry that offers intended parents options for family formation by providing foreign surrogate mothers remuneration, directly or via an intermediary, in excess of their actual out-of-pocket expenses. It multi-million-dollar business with no international regulation. 1 In most countries, limited domestic regulation oversight place. Many countries − such as Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong and South Africa only permit...