Jindra, Bjoern and Hatani, Faith and Steger, Thomas and Hiemer, Johannes (2019) Social upgrading and cooperative corporate social responsibility in global value chains: the case of Fairphone in China. GLOBAL NETWORKS-A JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 19 (3). pp. 371-393. ISSN 1470-2266, 1471-0374
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In this article, we explore how a lead firm's strategy for corporate social responsibility influences the social upgrading of a supplier in a global value chain. Based on a single case study approach, we investigate the interaction between Dutch smartphone producer Fairphone and its Chinese supplier Guohong. On the one hand, the case illustrates how a cooperative approach to corporate social responsibility can lead to progress in suppliers' social upgrading. In particular, we highlight the role of a so-called workers' welfare fund as a mechanism not only for improving measurable labour standards but also for enabling rights. On the other hand, the case demonstrates how the limited production and technological capabilities of the suppliers, a competitive market environment and lead firms' limited strategic access to the supply chain might constrain the extent of social upgrading through a cooperative approach towards corporate social responsibility in a global value chain.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PRODUCTION NETWORKS; PRIVATE REGULATION; LABOR STANDARDS; GOVERNANCE; GLOBALIZATION; PERSPECTIVE; EMERGENCE; CSR; SUSTAINABILITY; POVERTY; CHINA; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; FAIRPHONE; GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN; GOVERNANCE; SOCIAL UPGRADING |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Lehrstuhl für Führung und Organisation (Prof. Dr. Thomas Steger) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2020 12:03 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2020 12:03 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/26762 |
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