Rick Locke was a guest speaker at SHARE for an evening organized in collaboration with the Sloan Fellows' Social Impact Group. Rick presented his latest research related to the monitoring of labor standards at Nike. Drawing on years of experience in this field, he gave an overview of his current study of the impact of better monitoring - through company and independent audits - on manufacturing practices at various plants. The discussion then went on on the topic of the way that businesses can help with current global issues. One suggestion is to accelerate the rate of management practices to developing countries. For additional details on Rick Locke please visit his bio page.
Two recent papers written by Rick Locke summarized the main points of the discussion:
