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Pun et. al. 2019 Challenging Digital Capitalism

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What does this text say about ways CSR initiatives position corporations as governance actors -- with the authority and mandate to shape conditions for (what counts as) democratic order, prosperity, the social contract, etc?

The activists “condemned the ineffectiveness of the Chinese government and trade unions to enforce labor law and protection of the migrant workers and hence urged Apple and other brands to support genuine reform of Foxconn’s unions.” p1261 - so they are turning to the brands for labor conditions to improve.