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Research Proposal

Multinationals & Globalization: Friends or foes?

Supervisor Annelies de Kleijn

Names Wietske van der Knaap 294689


Gabriëlle Boer 298637
Isabelle Coppens 297950

Team Team 3

Date 08-11-2007
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Table of contents

1. Introduction....................................................................................................................3
2. Literature review.............................................................................................................4
2.1 Corporate Social Responsibility............................................................... .........................4
2.2 Content of codes of conduct........................................................................... ...................4
2.3 Codes of conduct of Non Governmental Organizations (NGO’s)..................................5
2.4 Corporate codes of conduct................................................................... ............................6
2.5 Child labour.................................................................................................... ...................7
2.6 Codes of conduct and child labour................................................................. ..................8
3.Problem definition & Research questions......................................................................9
4. Theory and propositions...............................................................................................10
4.1 Evaluation of propositions..................................................................... ..........................10
4.2 Definition of concepts............................................................................ ...........................11
4.3 Conceptual model........................................................................................ .....................12
5. Data and methodology..................................................................................................14
5.1 Research strategy..................................................................................................... ........14
6. Timeframe.....................................................................................................................15
7. Executive Summary......................................................................................................16
8. References.....................................................................................................................18

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1. Introduction

The ethics of business are becoming more and more important for Multinational
Enterprises (Pedersen and Andersen, 2006). It is no longer all about making profit.
MNE’s find themselves under a larger amount of social pressure. They have to meet
needs of not only employees, but also NGO’s and other interest groups. In response to the
increasing societal pressure, many companies adapt the concept of corporate social
responsibility (CSR) by introducing codes of conduct that are expected to ensure socially
responsible business practices throughout the chain – from supplier of raw materials to
final end-users (Pedersen and Andersen, 2006).

Codes of conduct are discussed for some years now, but still there are no clearly defined
recommendations on what a good code should include to be effective. Furthermore,
different parties can be involved in establishing codes like governments, business
associations or NGO’s. These players in the field of codes of conduct all have their own
ideas of what a code should include, how it has to be implemented or monitored. NGO’s
are expected to establish effective codes of conduct, but in practice non governmental
regulation shows some short comings (O’Rourke, 2006). Less research has been done
concerning the content of codes established by NGO’s. This research aims to compare
non governmental codes with those made by corporations themselves as to discover
which are more effective.

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2. Literature review

2.1 Corporate Social Responsibility


Companies are increasingly held responsible for the conditions under which products are
being produced (Roberts, 2003 and Jenkins, 2005 cited Pedersen and Andersen, 2006).
Issues regarding environment, working hours and child labour for example, are very
important nowadays. More and more stakeholders show their interest in this subject.
Organizations consider the interest of society in using the concept of corporate social
responsibility (CSR).
Corporate Social Responsibility are actions taken by the firm intended to further social
goods beyond the direct interest of the firm and that which is required by law
(McWilliams and Siegel, 2001 cited Doh and Guay, 2006). CSR suggests that companies
have responsibilities beyond those of their shareholders to include those of other
stakeholders (employees, suppliers, environmentalists, communities, etc) and the broader
society in which they operate (Doh and Guay, 2006).
The responsibilities of organisations are no longer addressed only by trade unions and
environmental lobbies. In particular, “new” groupings such as employees, customers,
managers, economists, shareholders and public servants are taking up the subject of
Corporate Social Responsibility (Donaldson, 1995 cited Nijhof et al., 2003). Within the
diverse set of management instruments for stimulating en monitoring
corporate social responsibility, codes of conduct seem to be one of the
most widely adopted instruments (Nijhof et al., 2003).

2.2 Content of codes of conduct


Codes of conduct include a set of corporate standards, guidelines and principles regarding
social and environmental issues. Realizing that CSR issues arise throughout the supply
chain and that companies are increasingly held responsible for the conditions under
which their products are being produced, these codes often go well beyond the
boundaries of the individual organization and include social and environmental
requirements for suppliers (Pedersen and Andersen, 2006).

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Nowadays codes of conduct are the preferred instrument for multinational companies to
assure better working conditions in global supply chains (Jenkins, 2001; Utting, 2001;
Fichter and Sydow, 2002; Rowe, 2004 cited Biedermann, 2006).

2.3 Codes of conduct of Non Governmental Organizations (NGO’s)


A new class of governance institutions has emerged that involve private and non-
governmental stakeholder in negotiating labour, health and environmental standards and
monitoring compliance with these standards (O’Rourke, 2006).
Non governmental systems of labour monitoring and regulation are both messier and
diverse than traditional government standards. Because of the diversity in non-
governmental regulation systems, the implementation, participation, accountability, and
transparency of inspections results can vary considerably (O’Rourke, 2006).
The aim of non-governmental governance is to create a network of regulators involving
multiple stakeholders along in the supply chain. Enforcement relies largely on market
sanctions (O’Rourke, 2006). Systems for implementing and evaluating compliance are
crucial for the credibility of the codes, but are difficult to arise. Also monitoring of the
codes seems to be problematic. A large number of companies prefer to do this
themselves, but research has shown that codes often only are used for public relations
instead of improving labour conditions (O’Rourke, 2006).
Another challenge for non-governmental regulation is simply accessing information on
factory locations, workplace conditions and worker concerns. Because of the long and
mobile nature of apparel supply chains, even locating a factory can be difficult. Critics
surmise that NGO’s will not be able to duplicate national labour inspectors as they cannot
track the moving targets of factories (O’Rourke).
To make non-governmental codes of conduct more credible, increased transparency is
necessary. Key stakeholders need information on locations of factories, results of
inspections and audit reports (O’Rourke, 2006). Also fuller and more meaningful worker
participation in non-governmental regulation is desirable. Workers can play a central role
in identifying problems in factories, and can therefore make codes more accountable
(O’Rourke, 2006).

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2.4 Corporate codes of conduct
A corporate code is a policy document that defines responsibilities of the corporation
towards its stakeholders and/or the conduct the corporation expects of employees
(Kaptein and Wempe, 2002 cited Kaptein 2004). The code clarifies the objectives the
company pursues, the norms and values it upholds and what it can be held accountable
for (Kaptein, 2004). Corporate codes of conduct could consist of
stakeholder responsibilities, stakeholder principles, corporate values,
internal employee conduct and implementation and compliance
(Kaptein, 2004).
Most corporate codes pay attention to consumers, investors, employees, society and the
natural environment (Kaptein, 2004). However it seems to be difficult to address these
issues in the right matter. Codes can be established with good intentions but in practice
they can make the situation worse, for example when they clash with government
regulation. An example of this problem can be found in the Thai garment industry.
Acceptance of international labour standards will be necessary to successfully compete in
global markets as the Thai find themselves under larger international pressure (Kaufman
et al., 2004). But the introduction of voluntary labour standards is prohibited by Thai
Law. The Thai Labour Protection Act of 1998 permits up to 36 hours overtime per week,
whereas the voluntary labour standards advocate 12 hours of overtime (Kaufman et al.,
2004). Moreover, the daily wages of workers do not cover their living expenses.
Therefore, Thai workers do not support a reduction in working hours as they supplement
their income through overtime pay. Voluntary labour standards and codes of conduct that
impose a ceiling on overtime further reduce worker’s income (Kaufman et al., 2004).
Also issues involving child labour are difficult to solve through an implementation of
codes of conduct. What will happen if the children are fired? The problem of child labour
does not disappear. In fact, the situation can even deteriorate because the children are
forced to find work elsewhere, usually in the informal sector where any form of control
on labour conditions is lacking (Kolk and Van Tulder, 2004).

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2.5 Child labour
Since the early 20th century, the issue of child labour has been the
subject of widespread regulatory and societal attention. After several
industrialized countries had adopted laws that limited the minimum
working age of children and their working conditions, international
organizations were requested to advance similar measures worldwide
(Kolk and van Tulder, 2002a)
Multinationals and stakeholders deal in different ways with child labour in their codes of
conduct. Research has shown that only a small number (13%) of the largest (fortune 500)
firms has a company code that includes provisions on child labour (Kolk and van Tulder,
2002b). Smaller firms show a substantially higher share of child labour provisions.
Nevertheless, the issue of child labour is most addressed by NGOs and international
organizations in their codes of conduct (Kolk and van Tulder, 2002b).
The research of Kolk and van Tulder (2002b) shows the effectiveness of corporate codes
of conduct with the emphasis on the child labour issue. Multinationals in the garment
industry are indirectly forced to draw up codes of conduct on child labour aspects.
International companies are confronted with different perceptions of child labour, the
position of children in the society and the standards that should be adopted. Many of
these aspects of child labour are reflected in the codes of conduct of the companies.
Codes of conduct on child labour issues includes minimum age, wages, education,
monitoring, sanctions and the organisations targeted (Kolk and van Tulder, 2002b).
Only the biggest challenge companies’ face seems to be to address to issue of child labour
affectively through a code of conduct. Firstly, most of the codes of conduct of
multinationals fail to define which business partners they target. Secondly, correct
monitoring of the codes seems to be problematic. Most of the multinationals prefer to do
this themselves, whereas international organizations rely on legal authorities. Most NGOs
prefer monitoring by combinations of actors (Kolk and van Tulder, 2002b). Thirdly,
almost half of the multinational codes do not include sanctions, while 45% takes strong
measures such as termination of business relationships. This raises questions, however,
what will happen to children in such cases? If the children are fired, the problem of child
labour does not disappear. In fact, the situation can even deteriorate because the children

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are forced to find work elsewhere, usually in the informal sector where any form of
control on labour conditions is lacking (Kolk and van Tulder, 2004).
Companies are supposed to be leading in addressing the issues of child labour, but
research has shown that only a small number of multinationals has child labour
provisions in their codes (Kolk and van Tulder, 2002b).
Lastly, the use of corporate codes may prove to be the most effective tool in combating
the use of child labour because the codes are more feasible than alternative strategies
such as prescriptive international instruments. They offer the opportunity to effect
practical change at the operating level and work quickly (Jaffe and Weiss, 2006).

2.6 Codes of conduct and child labour


Nowadays different parties in the field of multinationals and globalisation are concerned
with conducting codes of conduct. Some problems arise concerning the content and
implementation of the codes and different opinions exist on which party is best able to
handle these.
Regulation by NGO’s is not always as effective as it supposed to be. Simply accessing
information on factory locations, workplace conditions and worker concerns -even
locating a factory- can be difficult for NGO’s (O’Rourke, 2006). Comparative research
has been done between corporate codes, business support group codes, social interest
groups and codes of international organisations while research towards codes of conduct
established by NGO’s is lacking (Kolk and Van Tulder, 2001).
It seems to be problematic to give codes a content that causes the desired effect. To make
codes more effective workers participation is necessary (O’Rourke, 2006). Because
MNE’s can better asses information on themes as workplace conditions and workers
concerns they may can better establish codes of conduct which address issues effectively.
Especially in the field of child labour MNE’s know best what solutions are needed to
improve the situation. That is why they probably can find better solutions for the
problems of child labour through codes of conduct. There is less chance a situation gets
worse instead of better.

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3. Problem definition & Research questions

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4. Theory and propositions

4.1 Evaluation of propositions


We have identified the following propositions from the exploration of theory. The
relevance of them for the understanding of our research is explained below.

- Better compliance with codes of conduct lead to less child labour.


Globalisation has made it possible for multinational corporations to board out their
production. In developing countries the wages are much lower and that is why many
MNC’s board out their production to that countries. Unfortunately there is a lot child
labour in those countries as well. Through codes of conduct companies can make clear
that they do not use child labour. As mentioned before, the compliance with codes of
conduct is not always very good. Globalisation has been an important factor for MNC’s
for using child labour which explains the relevance of this proposition.

- More public attention to codes of conduct leads to more compliance.


As mentioned in the literature review, it is hard to monitor the codes of conduct. To avoid
that MNC’s have defined codes of conduct but do not comply with them, it is important
to have a clear monitoring system. Through codes of conduct MNC’s can make clear that
they feel responsible for the society. Corporate Social Responsibility is very important
especially in multinational corporations because of the cultural differences.

- To effectively conduct and monitor codes of conduct just one player in the field,
NGOs, government or multinational, should take responsibility for them.
At this moment there are a lot of different parties in the field of making and monitoring
codes of conduct which al have their different ideas of what is the best approach to these
codes. Because of all of these different approaches, codes of conduct and their monitoring
aren’t transparent any longer which can lead to abuse of the codes. Currently all kind of
regulations exist for example child labour which blurs the field. There should be a clear
view on what are effective codes. No matter which party has responsibility for
conducting codes, workers participation is very important.

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- When multinationals establish their own codes of conduct regarding the issue of
child labour this will result in a larger decline of child labour in the supply chain,
than multinationals implement the codes of conduct of NGO’s.
NGO’s are expected to be the problem solvers of societal issues like environmental
pollution, child labour and poor working conditions. In practice these issues seem not
always to be best solved at non governmental regulation, because lack of knowledge at
NGO’s. Multinationals however, have all the information needed to address issues in the
right manner. For example, they easily can assure worker participation in establishing
codes of conduct.

The chosen proposition is the last one, which derived from the exploration of theory.
Comparative research has been done between corporate codes, business support group
codes, social interest groups and codes of international organisations while research
towards codes of conduct established by NGO’s is lacking (Kolk and Van Tulder, 2001).
Less research has been done concerning the content of codes established by NGO’s. This
proposition aims to compare non governmental codes with those made by corporations
themselves as to discover which are more effective.

4.2 Definition of concepts


The final proposition is derived from the improved literature review:
“When MNE’s establish their own codes regarding the issue of child labour, this will
result in a larger decline of child labour in the supply chain, than when MNE’s implement
the codes of conduct of NGO’s.”

The concepts in this proposition are:


- MNE’s
- Codes of conduct
- Child labour
- NGO’s

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A Multinational Enterprise is defined as a corporation that manages production facilities
in at least two countries (Jaffe and Weiss, 2006). MNE’s are able to establish their own
codes of conduct, which include a set of corporate standards, guidelines and principles
regarding social and environmental issues (Pedersen and Andersen, 2006).
In ILO convention No. 138 (1973) Child labour is defined as light work which is
not likely to be harmful to (children’s) health or development, and
which is not such as to prejudice their attendance at school. The
convention stipulates a minimum age of 13 years for this type of
employment; in exceptional cases, this may be lowered to 12 years
(Kolk and van Tulder 2002a). This definition can be discussed. Child
labour is interpreted different in most cases. In articles regarding codes
of conduct and child labour, child labour is seen as labour for very
young children in bad working conditions. This is not in common with
the definition in ILO convention No. 138, because this convention
mentioned that child labour is not harmful, while in most articles it is
interpret as harmful.
MNE’s are also able to implement codes of conduct which are
established by NGO’s.
NGO’s are defined as non-profit groups that combine resource mobilization,
information provision and activism to advocate for changes in certain issue areas (Spar
and La Mure, 2003).

4.3 Conceptual model


Our object of study is codes of conduct in the supply chain of MNE’s. We specified our
object of study further by codes of conduct established by MNE’s and codes of conduct
of NGO’s implemented by MNE’s regarding the child labour issue.
We would like to specify the domain of our study to an industry where child labour is still
an issue, which is the garment industry.
The proposition can be seen as a causal relation with two causal factors.

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The independent variables are:


- MNE’s establish their own codes of conduct.
- MNE’s implement the codes of conduct of NGO’s.

The dependent variable is:


- Decline of child labour.

MNE’s establish their own


codes of conduct

Probabilistic
Decline of child labour

MNE’s implement the codes


of conduct of NGO’s
Figure 1 Conceptual model

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5. Data and methodology

5.1 Research strategy

The proposition:
‘When multinationals establish their own codes of conduct regarding the issue of child
labour this will result in a larger decline of child labour in the supply chain, than
multinationals implement the codes of conduct of NGO’s’
is of probabilistic nature. The first-best strategy for testing a proposition that expresses a
probabilistic condition is conducting an experiment.

When we would test this proposition in an experiment, we would specify the experiment
as following: A multinational enterprise with different plants in a certain area would be
approached. The multinational must have under aged children working in at least two
plants. We could let the multinationals establish their own codes of conduct concerning
child labour and implement it at one of the plants. In another plant we could implement a
non governmental code of conduct. We could observe the implications of the
implementation of the codes in the two factories and decide which one has a better effect
on the situation.

The second-best strategy for testing a probabilistic proposition would be a survey. We


choose to do not an experiment neither a survey, but a comparative case study. We shall
compare codes of conduct of multinational enterprises to those of NGO’s. Comparison is
based on different characteristics of code such as content, sanctions, monitoring and
implementation.

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7. Executive Summary

The object of our study is codes of conduct in the supply chain of MNE’s. We specified
our object of study further by codes of conduct established by MNE’s and codes of
conduct of NGO’s implemented by MNE’s regarding the child labour issue. We would
like to specify the domain of our study to an industry where child labour is still an issue,
which is the garment industry. The results deriving from our research will be
generalizable for MNE’s in the garment industry.

The proposition which will be tested: “When MNE’s establish their own codes of conduct
regarding the issue of child labour, this will result in a larger decline of child labour in
the supply chain, than when MNE’s implement the codes of conduct of NGO’s.”

The concepts in this proposition are MNE’s, NGO’s, Codes of conduct and Child labour.
A Multinational Enterprise is defined as a corporation that manages production facilities
in at least two countries (Jaffe and Weiss, 2006). In ILO convention No. 138 (1973)
Child labour is defined as light work which is not likely to be harmful to
(children’s) health or development, and which is not such as to
prejudice their attendance at school. Codes of conduct on child labour issues
includes minimum age, wages, education, monitoring, sanctions and the organisations
targeted (Kolk and van Tulder, 2002b). NGO’s are defined as non-profit groups that
combine resource mobilization, information provision and activism to advocate for
changes in certain issue areas (Spar and La Mure, 2003).
The conceptual model which derives from our proposition is as follows:

MNE’s establish their own


codes of conduct

Probabilistic
Decline of child
MNE’s implement the codes
of conduct of NGO’s

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The proposition is of probabilistic nature. The first-best strategy for testing a proposition
that expresses a probabilistic condition is conducting an experiment.
The second-best strategy for testing a probabilistic proposition would be a survey. We
choose to do not an experiment neither a survey, but a comparative case study. We shall
compare codes of conduct of multinational enterprises to those of NGO’s. Comparison is
based on different characteristics of code such as content, sanctions, monitoring and
implementation.

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8. References

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