LABR 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: International Labour Organization, Corporate Social Responsibility, Treaty Of Versailles
1 Feb 2018
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Neoliberalism: an economic ideology that seeks to promote market-based solutions to most every social ill, with the focus upon downsizing" government, and increased. Globalization: the global spread of the economic system promoted by the ideology of neoliberalism, in order to re-regulate market society to increase the role of the market, reduce/eliminate trade barriers. International labour organization (ilo): a specialized agency of the un focused upon global labour standards/labour law. Free trade: the approach to trade most often associated with neoliberal ideology, that barriers to trade in virtually every instance harm rather than help society. Reduction in trade barriers through free trade deals. Free trade deals which advance corporate mobility and corporate interests. Investor-dispute mechanisms that allow corporations to sue governments. Dispossession removal of people from lands eg. ogoni people in nigeria. The international labour organization an agency of the united nations. The pre-eminent international authority regarding international labour law and international labour standards.
