Sub-theme 43: Transnational Social Movements and Global Value Chains

Convenors:
Florence Palpacuer, University of Montpellier, France
Jennifer Bair, University of Colorado, USA
Alessia Contu, Warwick Business School, UK
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:45, H-C31
- deactivated -
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, H-C31
- deactivated -
Session III: Thursday, July 07, 16:00 to 17:30, H-C31
- deactivated -
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 11:00, H-C31
Struggles over GVC Governance I
Chair: Jennifer Bair
Jeffrey Kappen
Food fight! Cultivating contestation in global agriculture
Steffen Böhm, Vinicius Brei and Siddhartha Dabhi
Contestations in 'green' and 'ethical' global commodity chains: The case of carbon offsetting brands
Markus Helfen and Michael Fichter
Global production networks and global union federations: Re-assembling transnational union networks by international framework agreements?
Corinne Vercher-Chaptal and Amélie Seignour
Scope and limits of international framework agreements in light of the global value chain approach. The case of an exemplary producer-driven-chain in the french context
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 16:00, H-C31
Critical Perspectives on CSR
Chair: Alessia Contu
Daniel Wäger and Sébastien Mena
Transnational private politics – Activism against corporations across borders
Claes Ohlsson
The roles of intertextual relations in corporate codes of conduct
Andreas Butz, Ina Maria Kaufmann and Christian Voegtlin
Asking questions and raising concerns: The case of BP as a matter of compliance versus integrity
Bertrand Sergot
The role of the "offshoring" word in discursive legitimation struggles surrounding MNCs' international relocation moves: Some insights from the French public sphere
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, H-C31
Struggles over GVC Governance II
Chair: Florence Palpacuer
Prabhir Vishnu
Faulty combinations of business and emancipation objectives: Lost in fusion, unintended consequences, and the humanist alternative
Sandrine Blanc and Ismaël Al-Amoudi
Regulating corporate governance in a declining welfare state. A Rawlsian perspective
Giseok Nam and Taeyoung Yoo
Accounting and growth of the firm
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, H-C31
Geography of GVCs and Debates around Offshoring
Chair: Florence Palpacuer
Robyn Mayes, Paula McDonald and Barbara Pini
The mining industry and corporate social responsibility: global policy, local practice
Nicolas Balas
Controversy over offshoring: A critical appraisal of spatial re-ordering within global value chains
Pauline Keh
A framework for analyzing local behaviors and strategies in a threatening globalization context