A shameful business : the case for human rights in the American workplace
by
 
Gross, James A., 1933-

Title
A shameful business : the case for human rights in the American workplace

Author
Gross, James A., 1933-

ISBN
9780801458682

Publication Information
Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010.

Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 251 pages)

Abstract
In a book that confronts the moral choices that U.S. corporations make every day in the treatment of their workers, James A. Gross issues a clarion call for the transformation of the American workplace based on genuine respect for human rights, rather than whatever the economic and regulatory landscape might allow. Gross questions the nation's underlying fabric of values as reflected in its laws and our assumptions about workers and the workplace. Arguing that our market philosophy is incompatible with core principles of human rights, he forces readers to realign the country's labor policies so that they conform with the highest international human rights standards. To make his case, Gross assesses various aspects of U.S. labor relations--freedom of association, racial discrimination, management rights, workplace safety, and human resources--through the lens of internationally accepted human rights principles as standards of judgment. His findings are chilling.

Subject Term
Employee rights -- United States.
 
Human rights -- United States.
 
Industrial relations -- United States.
 
Labor laws and legislation -- United States.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt7z9fh


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