All Articles About Labor Migration

BSR Insight Article: Partnership Innovation: It Takes a Supply Chain to Improve Women’s Health

Over the past six weeks, I have traveled from meeting to meeting in Washington, D.C., Bangkok, and Geneva to develop opportunities for BSR to partner with funders and others to provide resources to tackle challenges as diverse and broad as childhood nutrition, climate change adaptation, and energy efficiency. These discussions have gotten me thinking about the importance of innovative partnerships in addressing big challenges, and how business can be more effective in its work with government, civil society, and even private funders. Read more →

Posted: May 31, 2011 | Topics: Climate Change, Community Engagement & Development, Consumer Products, Financial Services, Human Rights, Labor Migration, Stakeholder Relations, Supply Chain

Blog: The Truth About the Migrant Worker Recruitment Process

Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services

Last week, Laura Ediger and I were in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, to study the recruitment process of semi-skilled workers who migrate to Malaysia each year to work in the ICT and apparel sectors. As part of our Migration Linkages initiative which seeks to uphold the rights of migrant workers in global supply chains, we are looking at countries of origin to understand the process by which workers find jobs, sign contracts, and leave their villages on extended work visas abroad. Read more →

Posted: May 18, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Labor Migration, Supply Chain

Blog: Migration in the Middle East: The Case of Oman

Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services

Before leading a workshop on migrant worker issues for the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Muscat last weekend, I sat down with Beate Andrees from the ILO Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labor (which sponsored the event) to consider, “What would success look like?” In a country whose labor force is largely composed of semi- and unskilled expatriate workers (around 80 percent of whom hail from India), we concluded that just having a workshop that got business representatives in the sultanate to engage in a discussion—any discussion—about this topic would be a major achievement. Read more →

Posted: March 2, 2011 | Topics: Human Rights, Labor Migration

BSR Insight Article: Promoting Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: A Strategic Role for Business

Chhavi Ghuliani, Manager, Advisory Services

Recently, BSR visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of a U.S. State Department project to promote CSR and human rights in the region. While there, BSR led: Read more →

Posted: February 1, 2011 | Topics: Governance & Accountability, Human Rights, Labor Migration, Stakeholder Relations

BSR Insight Article: The Role of Business in Linking Migration and Development

Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services

BSR participated as an expert observer at the Global Forum on Migration and Development earlier this month in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Together with representatives from academia, NGOs, development institutions, and nonprofits, we discussed the challenges of labor migration and development. BSR helped convene a panel on “Building Partnerships with the Private Sector” at the event, based on our white paper on the topic. Read more →

Posted: November 23, 2010 | Topics: Economic Development, Labor Migration