Corporate Social Accountability Standards in the Global Supply Chain: Resistance, Reconsideration, and Resolution in China

Authors

• Li-Wen Lin, University of Illinois

Abstract

This Article provides a view on corporate social accountability standards from a Chinese perspective, a slightly different angle from that of legal scholars in the United States. The legal literature in the United States typically only focuses on the importance and effectiveness of corporate social accountability standards to regulate the conduct of multinational companies in the era of globalization. However, the views of the outsourced companies in the developing countries, on which the multinational companies impose the standards, have seldom received attention. This Article tries to fill this void by examining the situation in China. As shown in this Article, effective implementation of corporate social accountability standards requires a refined approach that considers local circumstances in developing countries.

Disciplines

Bankruptcy Law | Comparative and Foreign Law | Contracts | International Law | Labor and Employment Law | Law

Recommended Citation

Li-Wen Lin, Corporate Social Accountability Standards in the Global Supply Chain: Resistance, Reconsideration, and Resolution in China, 15 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 321 (2007).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjicl/vol15/iss2/3