Research on labour governance actors in global production networks (GPNs) has been limited to civil society organisations, firms and governments. Understanding the influence of actors in GPNs has been dealt with singular and overt modes of relational power. This paper contributes to both debates by examining an intermediary actor—the social auditing organisation Verite—and its exercise of multiple modes of overt and covert powers to illustrate the complex terrain of change in GPNs. Verite, whose exposure of forced labour in Malaysian electronics subsequently changed labour governance practices in the electronics industry, mobilised power resources of credible information to exercise powers of expert authority and acts of dissimulation across various networked relationships in the GPN. This paper puts forth a multi-power framework of analysis to understand the micro-politics of GPNs.

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全球生产网络中社会审计员的权力：Verité 案例和电子行业强迫劳动的曝光

对全球生产网络 (GPN) 中劳工治理行为者的研究仅限于民间社会组织、公司和政府。理解参与者在 GPN 中的影响已经处理了单一和公开的关系权力模式。本文通过研究中介机构——社会审计组织 Verite——及其对公开和隐蔽权力的多种模式的行使，来说明 GPN 变化的复杂领域，从而为这两场辩论做出贡献。Verite 揭露了马来西亚电子行业的强迫劳动，随后改变了电子行业的劳工治理实践，调动了可靠信息的权力资源，以在 GPN 中的各种网络关系中行使专家权威和掩饰行为。