Contractual Control in the Supply Chain
On Corporate Social Responsibility, Codes of Conduct, Contracts and (Avoiding) Liability
- 359 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Contractual Control in the Supply Chain
On Corporate Social Responsibility, Codes of Conduct, Contracts and (Avoiding) Liability
About this book
Disasters - such as the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013 - have raised legal questions with respect to the role and responsibility of multinational corporations' supply chains. This book addresses these questions by focusing on the extent of legal responsibility and liability for corporate social responsibility ("CSR") violations in the supply chains of MNCs in the Netherlands, England, and the US (California). It provides an overview of the legal measures a limited number of participating multinationals take in practice in order to govern their supply chains in terms of CSR. The book qualifies these instruments in terms of private law. Moreover, it discusses to what extent multinational corporations can be held liable for CSR violations in their supply chains on a number of legal bases. In identifying the measures that the participating MNCs have taken to govern their supply chain, this research provides valuable insights into those companies that aim to improve the CSR performance in their supply chains and take measures accordingly. Furthermore, the book answers the crucial question of what legal impact these measures may have for MNCs if those measures are not lived up to in practice. *** Librarians: ebook available on ProQuest and EBSCO (Series: Ultrecht Centre for Accountablity and Liability Law (UCALL) - Vol. 3) [Subject: Business Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Liability Law]
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Acknowledgements
- Table of contents
- Definitions and abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Research design and methodology
- 3 CSR and the supply chain: setting the stage and identifying issues
- 4 Private international law
- 5 Legal qualification of contracts, general terms and conditions and codes of conduct
- 6 Instruments in practice
- 7 Liability of the multinational in the supply chain and CSR instruments
- 8 CSR instruments studied and liability
- 9 Conclusion: possibilities and limitations of (private) law
- Epilogue
- Summary
- Samenvatting
- Bibliography
- Case law
- Annex I: model letter,invitation to participate andlist of questions for interviews
- Index
- Curriculum vitae