Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Over the last decade or so, critics of globalisation have been calling for states to increase regulation of MNE's. MNE's are resisting these calls arguing that they are able to regulate their own behaviour, as evidenced by a range of governance and corporate social responsibility initiatives. This paper argues that ideational change in MNE behaviour is becoming more apparent as these organisations better understand the risks to their reputation.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Workplace self-governance is famously in retreat in the U.S., along with the reach and vitality of labor law and collective bargaining. But the still-growing body of state and federal statutes and doctrines that make up "employment law" is beginning to produce new forms of workplace self-governance: corporate self-regulation within a public law regulatory framework, albeit one with severe enforcement gaps and usually with no institutionalized voice for workers themselves. This paper contends for the deployment of worker knowledge and voice to improve labor standards and rights enforcement, while at the same time using employment law, and the theory and practice of regulatory compliance, to reconstruct a role for workers within their organizations.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke suggest that a global showdown between the corporation and anti-corporate activists is loooming. This paper argues that multinationals are beginning to self-regulate and will consequently outflank their activist opponents. Furthermore, it argues that activist have a reductionist and therefore superficial understanding of multinational corporations.

Publication Type: Individual Presentation
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: This investigation sought to describe the self-regulatory efficacy perceptions of a population of predominantly students of African descent in the ‘Diamond Minds’ out-of-school program. The work responded to the problem of persistently low academic performance and erratic school performance among a large proportion of the student population. Additionally, the study sought to assist the administration and staff of the ‘Diamond Minds’ program in helping students in becoming successful self-regulated learners. It focused of self-efficacy for self-regulation as a motivating variable in self-regulated learning. The study was fruitful because it paints an important picture of the kind of efficacy beliefs different groups within the ‘Diamond Minds’ student population possess.

The study suggests that ability labels given to students have an impact on the students’ perceptions of their ability to self-regulate their learning successfully. This is important to consider since the entire population of ‘Diamond Minds’ is comprised of students labeled “at risk for academic failure.” The study also suggests that there are changes in students’ experiences as they progress through school that impact their ability to perceive themselves as capable of regulating their own learning. In line with the previous research studies, the study concludes that program changes should include teaching students more effective ways of negotiating the school experiences that include not only training in self-regulated learning, but also strategies that affirm their potential and minimize the influence of negative school experiences.