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A Shameful Business: The Case for Human Rights in the American Workplace
James A. Gross
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Description for A Shameful Business: The Case for Human Rights in the American Workplace
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJW; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801476440
SKU
V9780801476440
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About James A. Gross
James A. Gross is Professor of Labor Relations, Law, and History at the ILR School, Cornell University. He is the author of A Shameful Business and editor of Workers' Rights as Human Rights, both from Cornell.
Reviews for A Shameful Business: The Case for Human Rights in the American Workplace
A Shameful Business offers a thoughtful and comprehensive critique of contemporary labor policy in America. By viewing labor rights as human rights, James A. Gross has provided a provocative, highly original, and thoroughly readable record of America's shocking failure to comply with international human rights norms. -Robert Hebdon, McGill University If you're not convinced already that the rights of ... Read more