Making Sense of Global Standards

By Khalid Nadvi, Frank Wältring. 2004

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Power, inequality and corporate social responsibility: The politics of ethical compliance in the South Indian garment industry (2009, background): “…with the definition and classification of such codes and standards (ibid), their implementation by multi national companies and producing firms (Nadvi 2004), and their relative success in improving conditions of work for male and f emale workers (Barrientos, Dolan and Tallontire 2003;…”
The Forest Stewardship Council: Risk and Potential of Private Forest Governance (2005, background): “Standards can take the form of management schemes, guidelines, product and process labels, or general codes of conduct (cf. Nadvi & Wältring, 2002).”
Global value chains in the agrifood sector (2006, background): “…are agreed criteria, or as Hawkins states ‘external points of reference’, by which a product or service’s performance, its technical and physical characteristics, and/or the process and conditions under which it has been produced or delivered can be assessed” (Nadvi and Wältring, 2004: p. 56).”
Standards as a new form of social contract? Sustainability initiatives in the coffee industry (2005, background): ““Standards are agreed criteriaƒ by which a product or a service’s performance, its technical and physical characteristics, and/or the process, and conditions, under which it has been produced or delivered, can be assessed” (Nadvi and Wältring, 2002).”
Making Connections: Global Production Networks, Standards, and Embeddedness in the Mobile-Telecommunications Industry (2006, methodology): “GPN analysis draws on the insights gained from GCC and GVC analysis, as well as actor-network theory (for example, Murdoch, 1998 ), but moves beyond these concepts by taking seriously the criticisms that have been levelled against GCC and GVC concepts.”
Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike (2006, unknown): “Others, however, argue that private monitoring is not an attempt to undermine the state but rather an appropriately flexible response to the reality of global production networks and the low capacity of developing country states to fully enforce labor laws and regulations (Nadvi and Wältring 2004).”
Global standards, global governance and the organization of global value chains (2008, methodology): “or institutional and political governance (Nadvi and Wältring, 2004).”
Globalisation and Poverty: How can Global Value Chain Research Inform the Policy Debate? (2004, unknown): “Second, there is an increasing concern with labels, codes and standards – related to technical product standards, quality, social standards and environmental impact – created by firms, by sectoral associations, by international organisations and by governments (Nadvi and Waltring 2004).”
Multi-stakeholder regulation: privatizing or socializing global labor standards? (2006, unknown): “As Nadvi and Wältring (2001), 34 note ‘‘despite the”
The governance of global value chains (2005, background): “The development of product and process standards and their implications for value chain governance are discussed by Nadvi and Waltring (2002) .”
Upgrading in Global Value Chains (2004, background): “In the environmental area in particular, Bini notes the role played by UNIDO in the development 18 An overview of standards and the issues they raise for value chain analysis can be found in Nadvi and Wältring (2002).”