Labour Standards through International Organisations: the Global Compact in comparative perspective *.

Journal of Corporate Citizenship, The, September, 2003 by Hurd, Ian

How can international organisations be used to encourage basic labour standards in globalised production processes? Recent experience suggests that international organisations might contribute importantly to bridging the gap between activists, firms and governments, and yet there is little agreement on either the appropriate enforcement mechanism or right institutional home for such standards. This paper looks at four possible devices by which international organisations might facilitate international labour standards and assesses their relative merits. Three of these draw on models already in use by the World Trade Organisation, the International Labour Organisation and the International Organisation for Standardisation, respectively. The fourth, the United Nations...

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