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Labored Relations: Corporate Citizenship, Labor Unions, and Freedom of Association

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Cedric E. Dawkins
Cedric E. Dawkins*
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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Abstract:

Globalization has brought increased attention to the notion that labor rights such as freedom of association—the right of workers to organize a union—are fundamental human rights. However, the vigorous opposition to freedom of association by US firms is largely ignored in the business ethics literature and exacerbated by compensatory corporate citizenship rating mechanisms that tend to mask labor rights deficiencies. I argue that because freedom of association is a hypernorm, instrumental to fully realizing basic human rights, labor rights and human rights are largely inseparable. Thus, respect for labor rights is a non-substitutable requisite of corporate citizenship. I conclude by providing examples of corporate labor relations strategies that respect freedom of association and business firms that are leading the way.

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worker participationlabor rightshuman rightshypernormsfreedom of associationcorporate citizenship ratings
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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , July 2012 , pp. 473 - 500
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2012

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