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Pal, Timea (2015). Implementing Labor Standards in the Electronics Sector of Hungary: Interactions Across Public and Private Governance Approaches. Labor Standards in Electronics Sector of Hungary. 1-29

T. O. Pal,  "Implementing Labor Standards in the Electronics Sector of Hungary: Interactions Across Public and Private Governance Approaches", in Labor Standards in Electronics Sector of Hungary, pp. 1-29, 2015

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	author = "Pal, Timea",
	title = "Implementing Labor Standards in the Electronics Sector of Hungary: Interactions Across Public and Private Governance Approaches",
	year = "2015"
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TY  - EJOUR
TI  - Implementing Labor Standards in the Electronics Sector of Hungary: Interactions Across Public and Private Governance Approaches
T2  - Labor Standards in Electronics Sector of Hungary
AU  - Pal, Timea
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AB  - This article proposes a theoretical framework to analyze interactions across private
and public regulatory governance in transnational production chains, and uses the
electronics industry of Hungary to evaluate its empirical relevance. The key argument
is that implementation of labor standards is contingent on combining private and
public approaches with complementary competences with respect to the legitimacy,
commitment and capacity of regulatory governance. Improvements in the working
conditions of subcontracted employees at two major electronics facilities in Hungary,
for example, were greatly facilitated by the coexistence of national legislation, on one
hand, and the significant enforcement capacity of their lead corporations, eager to
limit criticism by labor and civil society organizations, on the other. Similar
conditions, however, were largely absent around the issues of working time and
disciplinary measures, resulting only in modest to no improvements, respectively. The
second main argument is that the complementary features do not translate into
improvements in an automatic manner, but need to be activated through the strategic
actions of regulatory agents. Implementation of labor standards at the facility
integrated into the monitoring-oriented private governance approach were driven were
driven mainly through the legitimizing efforts of the private auditors. At the facility
governed by a stakeholder-oriented approach, on other hand, processes of change
were set in place by the labor union empowered by the lead private governance
institution.
ER  -