Overtime: The Cultural Political Economy of Illicit Labor in the Electronics Industry

IF 7.2 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Economic Geography Pub Date : 2022-12-06 DOI:10.1080/00130095.2022.2142111

Carlo Inverardi-Ferri

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Abstract

Abstract This article investigates the relationship between overtime and corporate codes of conduct in the global electronics industry through a cultural political economy perspective. First, drawing on examples from China, it considers how the changing political economy of global production has contributed to the emergence of illicit overtime in the electronics industry. The article examines the endemic use of excessive working hours at the first-tier supplier level and explains it as a systemic method to sustain competitive accumulation in a sector characterized by tight production cycles. Second, the article analyzes the economic imaginary that supports the use of overtime and the accompanying mechanisms that institutionalize it as a material practice. It shows that the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct plays a crucial role in reproducing illicit conditions. Conclusions explore the potential of reorienting geographic understandings of illicit practices within the mainstream economy.

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加班：电子行业非法劳工的文化政治经济学

摘要本文从文化政治经济学的角度研究了全球电子行业加班与企业行为准则之间的关系。首先，它借鉴了中国的例子，考虑了全球生产的政治经济变化是如何导致电子行业出现非法加班的。这篇文章审查了一级供应商普遍使用过度工作时间的情况，并将其解释为在生产周期紧张的行业中维持竞争积累的一种系统方法。其次，文章分析了支持加班使用的经济想象，以及将加班制度化为物质实践的伴随机制。它表明，负责任商业联盟行为准则在再现非法条件方面发挥着至关重要的作用。结论探讨了在主流经济中重新定位对非法做法的地理理解的潜力。

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Economic Geography Multiple-

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9.70

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