Invitation the Danish Ethical Trading Initiative and the Centre for Business and Development Studies (cbs) invites you to a seminar September 10th at Porcelænshaven 18B in room 023 from 2 pm to 4 pm. The seminar will be held in English
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- Program: 14.00
- About the Speakers: Khalid Nadvi
- Peter Lund-Thomsen
INVITATION The Danish Ethical Trading Initiative and the Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBS) invites you to a seminar September 10th at Porcelænshaven 18B in room 0.023 from 2 pm to 4 pm. The seminar will be held in English. The seminar will focus on the lessons learned from implementing CSR multi-stakeholder initiatives in the soccer ball industries of Pakistan and India since 1997, how effective these are in addressing child labour in both industries, and how local perspectives on ethical trade/CSR/child labour must be taken into account in order to make such initiatives sustainable on a long-term basis. Program: 14.00 Welcome by Hanne Gürtler, Head of Secretariat, DIEH 14.15 “Lessons learned from implementing CSR multi-stakeholder initiatives in the soccer ball industries of Pakistan and India” presentation by Khalid Nadvi and Peter Lund-Thomsen 15.00 Debate in plenum: “How to improve the ownership of local stakeholders in addressing ethical trade issues?” 15.55 Sum up followed by refreshments Global Value Chains, Local Clusters and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Assessment of the Sports Goods Clusters in Sialkot, Pakistan and Jalandhar, India The seminar will focus on the lessons learned from implementing CSR multi-stakeholder initiatives in the soccer ball industries of Pakistan and India since 1997, how effective these are in addressing child labour in both industries, and how local perspectives on ethical trade/CSR/child labour must be taken into account in order to make such initiatives sustainable on a long-term basis. Khalid Nadvi, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester and Peter Lund-Thomsen, Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School will present the findings from a recent study undertaken in corporation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The UNIDO study investigates how the CSR profiles of the Pakistani and Indian soccer ball industries have evolved between 1997 and 2007. During the mid-1990s, international news reports revealed the presence of child labour in both industries, forcing them to find appropriate joint responses if they were to avoid an international boycott of their soccer ball exports. The response came in the form of the Atlanta Agreement – a multi-stakeholder initiative that was negotiated by the ILO, UNICEF, the global sports brands, Save the Children UK, local NGOs and the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The report compares how the Sialkot and Jalandhar industries implemented the Atlanta Agreement through the establishment of child labor monitoring mechanism involving approximately 100 soccer ball manufacturers in Sialkot and 30 exporters in Jalandhar, as well as the establishment of social development projects that were supposed to help former child workers getting access to education and their families find alternative income generation opportunities. Particular focus is on the comparative lessons learned over the last ten years about the effectiveness of the multi-stakeholder initiatives in Sialkot and Jalandhar, the Atlanta Agreement’s approach to combating child labour, and the ways in which local perceptions of child labor/CSR influence the long-term viability of such initiatives. About the Speakers: Khalid Nadvi’s research focuses on globalisation, international trade, industrial development, innovation, small enterprises, employment, labor standards and poverty reduction. His recent work focuses on small firm industrial clusters, global value chains and global CSR standards. Peter Lund-Thomsen’s current research focuses on the linkages between global value chains, industrial clusters, and corporate social responsibility in the international leather tanning and sporting goods industries. Directory: dyn dyn -> Produced by: Nick Barton Produced by: Joe Oppenheimer Staring dyn -> The Cloud Population and Onset of the Madden-Julian Oscillation over the Indian Ocean during dynamo-amie dyn -> The Cloud Population and Onset of the Madden-Julian Oscillation over the Indian Ocean during dynamo-amie dyn -> The Weak State in International Security (dip 712-001) dyn -> Based on a true story dyn -> The Dynamic Lexicon September, 2012 dyn -> A place beyond the pines a film by derek cianfrance dyn -> Directed by james griffiths based on an original idea by dyn -> Dynamic Learning of ai in Gaming Download 9.48 Kb. Share with your friends:
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