Workers' rights and the Olympic Games
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The Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
Author: United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 80
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Author: International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Playfair 2012 campaign, a joint project coordinated by the Trades Union Congresss (TUC) and Labour Behind the Label (LBL) also co-published this report. Playfair 2012 exists to influence the London Games organisers, international sportswear brands and licencees to raise the bar on workers' rights in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games." -- Cover verso.
World Report 2015
Author: Human Rights Watch
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2015-03-17
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13: 1609805828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories is put into perspective in Human Rights Watch’s signature yearly report, which, in the 2014 volume, highlighted the armed conflict in Syria, international drug reform, drones and electronic mass surveillance, and more, and also featured photo essays of child marriage in South Sudan, the cost of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, and religious fighting in Central African Republic. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2014 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report 2015 is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.
The Impact of the Olympic Games on Employment Growth
Author: Candon Johnson
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Published: 2020
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe opening chapter covers the impact of the Olympic Games on employment growth. The Olympics Games stand as the largest sporting event in the world. The Games include approximately 200 countries during the Summer Olympic Games and 90 countries competing in the Winter Games, each occurring once every four years. Potential host cities fiercely compete to host the games under the guise of economic prosperity. Event promoters claim substantial economic benefits, such as employment growth, to be had from hosting these costly games. This chapter examines the impacts of the Olympic Games on employment growth rates using a synthetic control approach. Results show transitory increases in employment growth rates following a county being awarded the Olympic Games in Fulton County, GA and Salt Lake County, UT. A decrease in employment growth rate appears in Los Angeles County, CA due to being awarded the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.
China's Great Leap
Author: Minky Worden
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2008-05-06
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1583228438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith contributions from some of the most well respected and experienced Chinese writers, journalists, and organizers, China’s Great Leap examines the People’s Republic of China as its government and 1.3 billion people prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. When Beijing first sought the Games, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting to a market revolution. Today, China wants to engage with the outside world—while fully controlling the engagement. How will the new leaders in Beijing manage the Olympic process and the internal and external pressures for reform it creates? China’s Great Leap will illuminate China’s recent history and outline how domestic and international pressures in the context of the Olympics could achieve human rights change. Learn about key areas for human rights reform and how the Olympics could represent a possible great leap forward for the people of China and for the world.
Leisure, Culture and the Olympic Games
Author: John Horne
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-08
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 1134922973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edited collection contains six refreshing critical assessments of the leisure-sport relationship from societies that have staged the Olympic and Paralympic Games and contains valuable information for those who live in societies that aspire to host the Games. The collection begins and ends with discussions of the Olympic Games as a platform for protest. The first and last chapters consider the changing political relationships from 1968 in Mexico City, when one of the most politically-charged gestures ever made by athletes took place, and the campaigns surrounding the ethical responsibilities of those hosting the Olympics in London in 2012. Other chapters consider the sociocultural legacy of the Seoul Olympics, assess the likely regeneration legacies of the London 2012 Games, examine the relationship between hosting societies and indigenous cultures and analyse the effectiveness and appeal of Olympic mascots. This collection provides not just insight into the past and present effects of the Olympic and Paralympic Games but also offers readers the opportunity to reflect upon and consider the impact of these sports mega-events on their everyday lives. This book was published as a special issue of Leisure Studies.
Play Fair at the Olympics
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Publisher: Oxfam
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780855985356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report asks fundamental questions about the global sportswear industry - questions that go to the heart of debates on poverty, workers' rights, trade, and globalisation. 'Olympism', in the words of the Olympic Charter, 'seeks to create a way of life based on ... respect for universal fundamental ethical principles. 'This report shows that the business practices of major sportswear companies violate both the spirit and the letter of the Charter. Yet the Olympics movement, particularly the International Olympics Committee, has been remarkably silent in the face of these contraventions.
The Olympic Games
Author: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2020-04-15
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1838677739
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympic Games command public and media attention, while Olympic mythology and ritual obscure their underlying function as a profit-making business enterprise.
Workers' Rights and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains
Author: Jennifer Bair
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-26
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1135012881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides insight into the potential for the market to protect and improve labour standards and working conditions in global apparel supply chains. It examines the possibilities and limitations of market approaches to securing social compliance in global manufacturing industries. It does so by tracing the historic origins of social labelling both in trade union and consumer constituencies, considering industry and consumer perspectives on the benefits and drawbacks of social labelling, comparing efforts to develop and implement labelling initiatives in various countries, and locating social labelling within contemporary debates and controversies about the implications of globalization for workers worldwide. Scholars and students of globalisation, development, corporate social responsibility, human geography, labour and industrial relations, business ethics, consumer behaviour and fashion will find its contents of relevance. CSR practitioners in the clothing and other industries will also find this useful in developing policy with respect to supply chain assurance.
