Robert Hickey, Sarosh Kuruvilla, Tashlin Lakhani
Abstract The precipitous decline in union density and influence around the world has spawned a growing body of scholarship on union renewal. While this literature evidences lively debates regarding the efficacy of different renewal strategies, many argue that the path to renewal is paved through inc...
Tara M. Collins
AbstractWhile the connection between business and human rights is beginning to be elaborated in international affairs, there continues to be a significant lack of understanding and academic analysis about the relationship between business and children. International children's rights are more than a...
Matthew Amengual, Sarosh Kuruvilla
[Excerpt] As we write this introductory essay on private regulation in global supply chains, we are in the midst of a pandemic caused by COVID-19. Beyond the health care crisis, the economic disruption is devastating. Millions of workers in global supply chains are losing their jobs as companies cut...
Sarosh Kuruvilla
executive summary: This essay outlines the changing modes of regulation of labor conditions in global apparel supply chains, which are mostly concentrated in Asia; assesses the effectiveness of 25 years of private voluntary regulation by global firms; and examines critically the implications of new ...
SAROSH KURUVILLA AND SUN-WOOK CHUNG, Ileana Sorolla Fernández, Giselle Dass, Erica W. Fung et al.
The systematic gross violations of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) fundamental rights are a direct consequence of them not being recognised as workers and therefore not protected under most national laws. The Malaysian Employment Act 1955 addresses FDWs as "servants". FDWs do not have the rights for...
Matthew M. Fischer-Daly, Jason Judd, Sarosh Kuruvilla
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 triggered disruptions across the apparel industry?s global supply chains. Operations halted in countries supplying material inputs, and retail demand plummeted. Apparel orders?some of them completed and already en route to brands and retailers?wer...
Sarosh Kuruvilla
In 2015, I watched an episode of John Oliver's Last Week To night on HBO in which he focuses on "Fashion."In it, Oliver pillories a number of companies-such as H&M, Forever 21, Gap Inc., Walmart, and The Children's Place-for continuing to source their production from suppliers with sweatshop conditi...