From International Law to National Law: The opportunities and limits of contractual CSR supply chain governance

Kasey McCall-Smith; Andreas Ruhmkorf

doi:10.4324/9780429461231-2

From International Law to National Law: The opportunities and limits of contractual CSR supply chain governance

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Abstract

Using a variety of methods, transnational corporations with global supply chains regularly incorporate a supplier code of conduct into their relations with suppliers, including through their supply contracts. These codes stipulate corporate social responsibility (CSR) obligations and often refer to hard and soft international law instruments such as International Labour Organization conventions and the UN Global Compact. This chapter contributes to the existing literature on the use of CSR in supply chain contracts by focusing on the use of international law standards, which is an issue that has, so far, only played a minor role in the academic literature.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Law and Responsible Supply Chain Management
Subtitle of host publication	Contract and Tort – Interplay and Overlap
Editors	Vibe Ulfbeck, Andrea Horowitz, Katerina Mitkidis
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	2
Pages	15-45
Number of pages	31
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429461231
ISBN (Print)	9781138618404
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429461231-2
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2019

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Name	Routledge Research in Corporate Law

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

corporate social responsibility
supply chain management
modern slavery
human rights
contract law
UN Guiding Principles

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McCall-Smith, K., & Ruhmkorf, A. (2019). From International Law to National Law: The opportunities and limits of contractual CSR supply chain governance. In V. Ulfbeck, A. Horowitz, & K. Mitkidis (Eds.), Law and Responsible Supply Chain Management: Contract and Tort – Interplay and Overlap (1 ed., pp. 15-45). (Routledge Research in Corporate Law). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429461231-2

McCall-Smith, Kasey ; Ruhmkorf, Andreas. / From International Law to National Law : The opportunities and limits of contractual CSR supply chain governance. Law and Responsible Supply Chain Management: Contract and Tort – Interplay and Overlap. editor / Vibe Ulfbeck ; Andrea Horowitz ; Katerina Mitkidis. 1. ed. Routledge, 2019. pp. 15-45 (Routledge Research in Corporate Law).

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Law and Responsible Supply Chain Management: Contract and Tort – Interplay and Overlap. ed. / Vibe Ulfbeck; Andrea Horowitz; Katerina Mitkidis. 1. ed. Routledge, 2019. p. 15-45 (Routledge Research in Corporate Law).

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McCall-Smith K, Ruhmkorf A. From International Law to National Law: The opportunities and limits of contractual CSR supply chain governance. In Ulfbeck V, Horowitz A, Mitkidis K, editors, Law and Responsible Supply Chain Management: Contract and Tort – Interplay and Overlap. 1 ed. Routledge. 2019. p. 15-45. (Routledge Research in Corporate Law). Epub 2019 Jan 10. doi: 10.4324/9780429461231-2

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Sustainable supply chain management: Linking international law to national through human rights due diligence

Sustainable global supply chains: From transparency to due diligence

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Law Society of Scotland - CPD Webinar

Putting the 'S' into ESG - Latest Developments on Social Factors Impacting Investors

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