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

Kasey McCall-Smith, Andreas Ruhmkorf

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Human rights violations in global supply chains have been a focus of public discussions for nearly three decades. To address such violations in global supply chains, pressure was put on transnational corporations (TNCs) to use their economic power to prevent such harms from occurring at supplier factories, often located in the Global South. TNCs with well-known brands started to introduce codes of conduct for their suppliers as early as the 1990s. However, this approach was rarely, if ever, addressed or monitored through international or national law. Ensuring socially responsible supply chains was anchored in the voluntary assumption of responsibilities by private corporate actors. The inadequacies of the business-driven soft law approach to improve working conditions at supplier factories and natural resource collection sites drove a shift toward legal regulation. The shift toward national legal regulation consequently established a definitive link between soft and hard international human rights law and national law. The linking of international law to national through human rights due diligence is the focus of this chapter.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Companion to Responsible Business
EditorsF Maon, Adam Lindgreen, Stefan Markovic, Cristina Sancha
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages24
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 9 Jun 2024

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • human rights due diligence
  • corporate social responsibility
  • supply chain management
  • human rights

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    McCall-Smith, K. & Ruiz Abou-Nigm, V., 7 Mar 2020, Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility . Kessedjian, C. & Cantú Rivera, H. (eds.). Springer, p. 625-661 37 p. (Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law ; vol. 42).

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  • Sustainable global supply chains: From transparency to due diligence

    McCall-Smith, K. & Ruhmkorf, A., 26 Jul 2019, Sustainable Trade, Investment, and Finance: Toward Responsible and Coherent Regulatory Frameworks . Gammage, C. & Novitz, T. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 110-128

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

    McCall-Smith, K. & Ruhmkorf, A., 16 Jan 2019, Law and Responsible Supply Chain Management: Contract and Tort – Interplay and Overlap. Ulfbeck, V., Horowitz, A. & Mitkidis, K. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge, p. 15-45 31 p. (Routledge Research in Corporate Law).

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