Arbeits­wis­sen­schaft und glo­ba­le Lie­fer­ketten

Glo­ba­liza­ti­on and the topic of working con­di­ti­ons have been at the fore­front of poli­ti­cal, socie­tal and eco­no­mic dis­cour­se for many years. Various tools, gui­de­lines and regu­la­ti­ons emer­ged aiming to impro­ve the situa­ti­on. Howe­ver, grie­van­ces are still pre­sent in sup­p­ly chains of the Glo­bal South, e.g., inhu­ma­ne working con­di­ti­ons, health hazards, wages below the pover­ty line, child labour or forced labour.

Ergo­no­mics as a core disci­pli­ne for desig­ning work sys­tems could sub­stan­ti­al­ly con­tri­bu­te to the impro­ve­ment of working con­di­ti­ons in glo­bal sup­p­ly chains with its proac­ti­ve and pre­ven­ti­ve approach. The stu­dy aims to draw recom­men­da­ti­ons for ergo­no­mics how it could deve­lop its poten­ti­al for mee­ting the chal­lenges of glo­ba­liza­ti­on.