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International labour standards and corporate social responsibility: Understanding workers' rights in the framework of due diligence

Start date: 11 September 2017

End date: 15 September 2017

Institution: ITC-ILO

Language: English

Modality: Online

Cost: EUR 2,180

Deadline: 8 September 2017

Description:

This course aims to strengthen the capacity of participants to understand the principles of international labour standards (ILS) as they relate to company operations (including due diligence related to labour rights) and how these principles can be most effectively implemented in company operations along their supply chains. This course is designed for CSR professionals (in companies, consulting firms or CSR initiatives) seeking to align operations, including supply chains, with ILS principles or dealing on a daily basis with challenges related to respecting workers' rights. Managers of companies supplying to brands which are faced with many, and often conflicting, demands, may find this course particularly useful. In addition, this course might be of interest to trade unions, civil society organizations and government officials dealing with national CSR policies and/or national action plans on business and human rights. At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Be familiar with ILO’s core labour standards (child labour, forced labour, discrimination, and freedom of association and collective bargaining), their function and formulation as well as implementation and other relevant ILO tools relevant from a CSR perspective; 
  • Be able to analyse international instruments and frameworks on CSR referencing International Labour Standards; 
  • Understand the different roles of governments, the private sector, and employers’ and workers’ organizations could play in the development and implementation of CSR policies and practices; be updated on company practices, selected from a variety of geographical, sectoral and operational contexts; 
  • Be able to better advise and serve their institutions, organizations or enterprises in the area of ILS and Decent Work and in their daily operations.

Contact: mne-gsc@itcilo.org

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