The Governance of Global Value Chains: Unresolved Human Rights, Environmental and Ethical Dilemmas in the Apple Supply Chain

Clarke, T; Boersma, M

The Governance of Global Value Chains: Unresolved Human Rights, Environmental and Ethical Dilemmas in the Apple Supply Chain

Clarke, T

Boersma, M

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Citation:: Journal of Business Ethics, 2017, 143 (1), pp. 111 - 131
Issue Date:: 2017-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clarke, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9719-9647	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Boersma, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9789-1046	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Business Ethics, 2017, 143 (1), pp. 111 - 131	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0167-4544	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41264
dc.description.abstract	© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. The continued advance of global value chains as the mode of production for an increasing number of goods and services has impacted considerably on the economies and societies both of the developed world and the emerging economies. Although there have been many efforts at reform there is evidence of unresolved dilemmas of human rights, environmental issues and ethical dilemmas in the operation of the global value chain. This paper focuses on the role and performance of Apple Inc in the global value chain in Asia. Apple is the most successful corporation on earth measured in financial terms and yet has failed to find a solution to recurrent employment and environmental problems occurring in plants manufacturing Apple components. This analysis informs the current theoretical debate on the development of the global value chain and the continuing institutional failure that leaves employees vulnerable and the environment neglected.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Business Ethics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10551-015-2781-3	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Applied Ethics	en_US
dc.title	The Governance of Global Value Chains: Unresolved Human Rights, Environmental and Ethical Dilemmas in the Apple Supply Chain	en_US
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© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. The continued advance of global value chains as the mode of production for an increasing number of goods and services has impacted considerably on the economies and societies both of the developed world and the emerging economies. Although there have been many efforts at reform there is evidence of unresolved dilemmas of human rights, environmental issues and ethical dilemmas in the operation of the global value chain. This paper focuses on the role and performance of Apple Inc in the global value chain in Asia. Apple is the most successful corporation on earth measured in financial terms and yet has failed to find a solution to recurrent employment and environmental problems occurring in plants manufacturing Apple components. This analysis informs the current theoretical debate on the development of the global value chain and the continuing institutional failure that leaves employees vulnerable and the environment neglected.

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