Richard Locke

Brown University

Howard Swearer Director, Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies and Professor, Department of Political Science

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Does Lean Improve Labor Standards? Management and Social Performance in the Nike Supply Chain

Management Science, Forthcoming, Watson Institute for International Studies Research Paper No. 2013-09, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2337601
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2015
Greg Distelhorst, Jens Hainmueller and Richard Locke
University of Toronto, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Brown University
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corporate social performance, global supply chains, lean manufacturing, human resource management, labor standards

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Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards?: Lessons from Nike

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4612-06
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Jul 2006
Richard Locke, Fei Qin and Alberto Brause
Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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labor standards, monitoring, globalization

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Beyond Corporate Codes of Conduct: Work Organization and Labor Standards in Two Mexican Garment Factories

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4617-06
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Aug 2006
Richard Locke and Monica Romis
Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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codes of conduct, labor standards, globalization

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Virtue Out of Necessity?: Compliance, Commitment and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4719-08
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2011
Richard Locke, Matthew Amengual and Akshay Mangla
Brown University, University of Oxford - Said Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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codes of conduct, labor standards, globalization

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Does Compliance Pay? Social Standards and Firm-level Trade

Forthcoming, American Journal of Political Science., MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2017-1, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2017-37, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5192-17
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2018
Greg Distelhorst and Richard Locke
University of Toronto, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and Brown University
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political economy, trade, labor, regulation, global supply chains

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Unions on the Rebound: Social Embeddedness and the Transformation of Building Trades Locals

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Oct 2001
Sean C. Safford and Richard Locke
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University
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The Promise and Perils of Private Voluntary Regulation: Labor Standards and Work Organization in Two Mexican Garment Factories

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4734-09
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Apr 2009
Richard Locke and Monica Romis
Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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codes of conduct, labor standards, globalization, work organization

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Complements or Substitutes? Private Codes, State Regulation and the Improvement of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains

MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2012-2
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2012
Richard Locke, Ben A. Rissing and Timea Pal
Brown University, Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations and European University Institute
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Looking in the Wrong Places?: Labor Standards and Upstream Business Practices in the Global Electronics Industry

MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2012-18
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2012
Richard Locke and Hiram M. Samel
Brown University and Said Business School, University of Oxford
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Volatility, globalization, labor standards, private regulation, corporate social responsibility, electronics, production networks, global supply chains

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Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

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Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

Watson Institute for International Studies Research Paper No. 2013-01
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Aug 2013
Richard Locke and Salo V. Coslovsky
Brown University and New York University (NYU)
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Brazil, sugar sector, public regulation, private compliance, labor standards, private auditors, labor inspectors, global supply chains

Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2013-25
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 May 2013
Salo V. Coslovsky and Richard Locke
New York University (NYU) and Brown University
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Production Goes Global, Compliance Stays Local: Private Regulation in the Global Electronics Industry

Regulation & Governance. 9(3): 224-242., MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2012-1, Watson Institute for International Studies Research Paper No. 2014-13
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2015
Greg Distelhorst, Richard Locke, Timea Pal and Hiram M. Samel
University of Toronto, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, Brown University, European University Institute and Said Business School, University of Oxford
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Transnational governance, globalization, labor standards, private regulation, corporate social responsibility