Tendencies in contractual governance to promote human and labour rights in transnational supply chains. (August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mitkidis, Kateřina; Perkovic, Sonja; Mitkidis, Panagiotis
• Other Names: Buhmann Karin guest-editor.; Taylor Mark B guest-editor.; Giuliani Elisa guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Competition & change. Volume 23:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 397
• Page End: 419
• Publication Date: 2019-08
• Subjects: Business and Human Rights -- contractual governance -- sustainable procurement practices -- quantitative analysis -- longitudinal study; International economic relations -- Periodicals; Competition, International -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Periodicals; World politics -- Periodicals; 337.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1024529419844385
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1024-5294

Abstract

This article analyses contractual governance practices within the value chains of large companies based in the USA and Europe between 2012 and 2017 with focus on human and labour rights. In line with the existing scholarship, we find that the use of contractual governance for safeguarding human and labour rights is best practice among large American and European businesses. The results show that value chain contractual governance should be studied in an interdisciplinary environment taking both legal and non-legal aspects into consideration. Moreover, we detect a general positive impact of the business and human rights regulatory wave of 2010–2011 on sustainable contractual governance practices.