The 2014-15 David Davies of Llandinam Research Fellow, Jeroen Merk, is holding a workshop entitled 'Reinventing Corporate Accountability After Rana Plaza' on Tuesday 23 June 2015.
The workshop takes place at LSE, Tower Two, Clement's Inn (entry through Tower One), Room TW2.2.04. See here for directions.
Abstract
The Rana Plaza collapse - which resulted in a death toll of over 1100 victims, and leaving more than 2,500 workers people injured - is the deadliest garment-factory disaster in history. For many observers, the collapse revealed the moral bankruptcy of private regulatory initiatives, including codes of conduct and their monitoring systems, set up to address substandard working conditions within global production networks. This one-day workshop will bring together experts to discuss alternative strategies of regulating corporate behavior throughout global production networks. It will debate the role of (transnational) social movements and solidarity in keeping lead firms accountable; explore the role of initiatives that put labor agency central; and debate possibilities for keeping corporations legally accountable for substandard working conditions.
Click here for Conference Programme and Speaker Biographies [PDF]
Registration
There are only a limited number of places available, so please do register if you plan to attend.
Please register via Eventbrite here.