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Private Ordering and Institutional Choice: Defining the Role of Multinational Corporations in Promoting Global Labor Standards

Author: Annette Burkeen (Northern Kentucky University)

Abstract

Ian R. McNeil’s concept of relational contracting helped to transform our understanding of a contract from a mere exchange of promises to the creation of a relationship. Contracts are “relations among people who have exchanged, are exchanging, or expect to be exchanging in the future—in other words, exchange relations.”

Keywords: International business enterprises, International labor law, Globalization -- Social aspects, Contracts, Law & economics, Forced labor, Human rights, Multinational corporations, Sweatshops, International, United States, Forced labour, Labour law

How to Cite: Burkeen, A. (2007) “Private Ordering and Institutional Choice: Defining the Role of Multinational Corporations in Promoting Global Labor Standards”, Washington University Global Studies Law Review. 6(2).