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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Global Workforce Welfare and Labour Accountability

SMP806 · Globalisation and Corporate Governance — Week 5 of 16

CourseSMP806
Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Global Workforce Welfare and Labour Accountability

  1. ILO core conventions and decent work agendas
  2. Modern slavery and supply chain due diligence
  3. Transnational occupational safety and mental health mandates
  4. Remediation mechanisms for labour exploitation
  5. Why does compliance with the Modern Slavery Act Matter?
  6. Employee Welfare Part 1 of 3
  7. Due Diligence at a Crossroads: The Old Road, the New Road, and the Bridge Between

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Critically discuss the roles and responsibilities of global organisations to improve workforce welfare.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically discuss the roles and responsibilities of global organisations to improve workforce welfare.

Study materials

Videos

  • Why does compliance with the Modern Slavery Act Matter? · YouTube · LexisNexis UK · 8 min · for registered students
  • Employee Welfare Part 1 of 3 · YouTube · Galton College · 19 min · for registered students
  • Due Diligence at a Crossroads: The Old Road, the New Road, and the Bridge Between · YouTube · Lauterpacht Centre · 39 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration), 6th edition 2022 · PDF · Ilo, framework; 29 pages · for registered students
  • Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework · PDF · Un, framework; 42 pages · for registered students
  • Decent work in global supply chains (ILO, International Labour Conference 105th session, Report IV, 2016) · PDF · Ilo, report; 80 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Globalisation Drivers and Macro-Environmental Dynamics
  • Week 2: Regional Trading Blocs and Multilateral Institutions
  • Week 3: Socio-Cultural Dynamics and International Business Ethics
  • Week 4: Strategic Management of Globally Diverse Workforces
  • Week 5: Global Workforce Welfare and Labour Accountability
  • Week 6: Responsible Corporate Governance Foundations
  • Week 7: Comparative Regulatory Regimes and Stakeholder Interests
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: International Consumer Protection and Legal Frameworks
  • Week 10: Enterprise Consumer Safeguarding and Product Governance
  • Week 11: Digital Commerce Regulation and Compliance Strategy
  • Week 12: Applying Globalisation and Corporate Governance in practice…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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