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Book SynopsisIn a book that confronts the moral choices that U.S. corporations make every day in the treatment of their workers, James A. Gross issues a clarion call for the transformation of the American workplace based on genuine respect for human rights, rather than whatever the economic and regulatory landscape might allow. Gross questions the nation''s underlying fabric of values as reflected in its laws and our assumptions about workers and the workplace.Arguing that our market philosophy is incompatible with core principles of human rights, he forces readers to realign the country''s labor policies so that they conform with the highest international human rights standards. To make his case, Gross assesses various aspects of U.S. labor relationsfreedom of association, racial discrimination, management rights, workplace safety, and human resourcesthrough the lens of internationally accepted human rights principles as standards of judgment.His findings are chilling. Employers who maintain wo
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"If you're not convinced already that the rights of America's workers have been thoroughly trumped by corporate property rights—and that we are paying an unacceptably high price as a result—you will be after reading this powerful and deeply unsettling book."—Sheldon Friedman, Research Coordinator, AFL-CIO Voice@Work Campaign
"A Shameful Business offers a thoughtful and comprehensive critique of contemporary labor policy in America. By viewing labor rights as human rights, James A. Gross has provided a provocative, highly original, and thoroughly readable record of America's shocking failure to comply with international human rights norms."—Robert Hebdon, McGill University
