An Exploratory Study on Foreign Labor Standards Accreditation Systems on Outsourcing Manufacturing Firms

Hwang, Yong-Sik

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management > Volume 38(1); 2010 > Article

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management 2010;38(1): 75-.

아웃소싱 공급 제조업체 관련 해외 민간주도의 노동기준인증제도에 관한 탐색적 조사

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An Exploratory Study on Foreign Labor Standards Accreditation Systems on Outsourcing Manufacturing Firms

Yong-Sik Hwang

School of Business, Sejong University

ABSTRACT

Recently, foreign labor standards accreditation system has been emerged as more firms outsource manufacturing works to global vendors focused manufacturing. This paper discuss and compare three major private labor accreditation systems and evaluate what kind of problems may emerge if they become the major global standards for labor practices. This paper concludes that private labor standards accreditation system needs more transparency in the process and should improve accountability by including other stakeholders in the process.

Key Words: Labor accreditation system;Labor practice;Outsourcing;