Book contents
- Reviews
- Corporate Responsibility for Wealth Creation and Human Rights
- Corporate Responsibility for Wealth Creation and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures, Tables and Boxes
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- 2 The Context of Globalization, Sustainability and Financialization
- Part I Wealth Creation
- Part II Human Rights as Public Goods in Wealth Creation
- Part III Implications of Wealth Creation and Human Rights for Corporate Responsibility
- 15 The Ethics of Business Organizations Is Called Corporate Responsibility
- 16 The Moral Status of the Business Organization
- 17 Mapping Corporate Responsibilities
- 18 Corporate Governance for Wealth Creation and Human Rights
- 19 A Case in Point: Corporate Responsibility for Less Income Inequality
- 20 A Case in Point: How Can Universities Promote Corporate Responsibility in Their Supply Chains? The Experience of the University of Notre Dame
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
20 - A Case in Point: How Can Universities Promote Corporate Responsibility in Their Supply Chains? The Experience of the University of Notre Dame
from Part III - Implications of Wealth Creation and Human Rights for Corporate Responsibility
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2021
- Reviews
- Corporate Responsibility for Wealth Creation and Human Rights
- Corporate Responsibility for Wealth Creation and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures, Tables and Boxes
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- 2 The Context of Globalization, Sustainability and Financialization
- Part I Wealth Creation
- Part II Human Rights as Public Goods in Wealth Creation
- Part III Implications of Wealth Creation and Human Rights for Corporate Responsibility
- 15 The Ethics of Business Organizations Is Called Corporate Responsibility
- 16 The Moral Status of the Business Organization
- 17 Mapping Corporate Responsibilities
- 18 Corporate Governance for Wealth Creation and Human Rights
- 19 A Case in Point: Corporate Responsibility for Less Income Inequality
- 20 A Case in Point: How Can Universities Promote Corporate Responsibility in Their Supply Chains? The Experience of the University of Notre Dame
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Summary
Universities are not only institutions of higher education; they also constitute powerful economic actors not the least as buyers of products and services for their own use and for sale to their customers. A special category of products is the clothes, sportswear, memorabilia and many other goods which carry – often conspicuously – the logo of the university. The chapter narrates the 20-plus year history of the search by the University of Notre Dame for its policy to promote corporate responsibility in the supply chains of Notre Dame trademark-licensed products. With the help of two organizations specializing in supply chain assessment, Notre Dame developed a new policy, which is appropriate – with a high level of confidence – to respect human rights in factories located in countries with and without national legislation of freedom of association and collective bargaining. The chapter concludes with policy suggestions for other universities and outlines several research opportunities for investigating corporate responsibility in supply chains.
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- Corporate Responsibility for Wealth Creation and Human Rights , pp. 234 - 255Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021