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When industrial democracy meets corporate social responsibility – a comparison of the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance as responses to the Rana Plaza disaster
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Donaghey, Jimmy and Reinecke, Juliane (2018) When industrial democracy meets corporate social responsibility – a comparison of the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance as responses to the Rana Plaza disaster. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 56 (1). 14-42 . doi:10.1111/bjir.12242 ISSN 0007-1080.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12242
Abstract
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Industrial Democracy are two paradigmatic approaches to transnational labour governance. They differ considerably with regards to the role accorded to the representation of labour. CSR tends to view workers as passive recipients of corporate-led initiatives, with little attention paid to the role of unions. Industrial Democracy centres on labour involvement: Those affected by governance need to be part of it. Examining the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance as governance responses to the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, this article offers a comparative perspective of how Industrial Democracy-oriented and CSRoriented translate into differences in implementation. The paper highlights that while CSR can foster effective problem-solving in the short run, Industrial Democracy is necessary to build governance capacities involving workers in the long run.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Industrial Relations | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0007-1080 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | March 2018 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 56 | ||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | 14-42 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/bjir.12242 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 January 2017 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 May 2019 | ||||||||||
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