| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 57.74 |
| Liaison | Andrew Horning |
| Submission Date | March 27, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Michigan
PAE-25: Trademark Licensing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 4.00 |
Donald
Scavia Director Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute |
Is the institution a member of the Worker Rights Consortium?:
Is the institution a member of the Fair Labor Association? :
Has the institution expressed intention to participate in the Designated Suppliers Program? :
The website URL where information about the institution’s participation in the WRC, FLA, and/or DSP is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
See also:
http://www.fairlabor.org/fla/go.asp?u=/pub/mp&Page=CollegesUniversities
http://www.workersrights.org/about/as.asp
Notes: The University's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Resources carefully reviewed the Designated Suppliers Program proposal when it was introduced by Students Organized for Labor and Economic Equality (SOLE) in late 2005. Since then, the committee has continued to study the proposal and recommended in April 2006 and again on April 16, 2007 that the University of Michigan not endorse the DSP idea because of issues regarding its overall approach and basic questions about its feasibility. The University is concerned that moving to the DSP’s highly regulated, rules-based system is not workable and could lead to unintended and negative consequences for apparel workers, such as the closing of factories, loss of jobs for apparel workers and disruption of positive working relationships. In accepting the ACLSHR’s recommendation regarding the DSP in 2006, President Mary Sue Coleman charged the committee to monitor the development of the DSP idea and to enhance the effectiveness of U-M’s code of conduct by making adherence to the code more integral to the licensing process.
See also:
http://www.fairlabor.org/fla/go.asp?u=/pub/mp&Page=CollegesUniversities
http://www.workersrights.org/about/as.asp
Notes: The University's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Resources carefully reviewed the Designated Suppliers Program proposal when it was introduced by Students Organized for Labor and Economic Equality (SOLE) in late 2005. Since then, the committee has continued to study the proposal and recommended in April 2006 and again on April 16, 2007 that the University of Michigan not endorse the DSP idea because of issues regarding its overall approach and basic questions about its feasibility. The University is concerned that moving to the DSP’s highly regulated, rules-based system is not workable and could lead to unintended and negative consequences for apparel workers, such as the closing of factories, loss of jobs for apparel workers and disruption of positive working relationships. In accepting the ACLSHR’s recommendation regarding the DSP in 2006, President Mary Sue Coleman charged the committee to monitor the development of the DSP idea and to enhance the effectiveness of U-M’s code of conduct by making adherence to the code more integral to the licensing process.
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