This paper aims to investigate whether multinational enterprises (MNEs) are more or less likely than local firms to violate their employees’ human rights in emerging economies, whether regional institutional pressures influence the likelihood of violating employee human rights and whether the density of MNEs in a region affects the likelihood of employees’ human rights violation by local firms.,Building on neo-institutional theory, this paper hypothesizes that, in an emerging economy, MNEs violate their employees’ human rights significantly less than local firms do. Moreover, it is hypothesized that the quality of regional institutions only influences the social behavior of local firms toward their employees. In addition, it is hypothesized that the density of MNEs in a region has a positive effect on local firms’ attitudes toward employee human rights. These hypotheses are examined using a sample of 1,211,638 respondent–year observations in 32 Mexican regions between 2005 and 2014.,This paper shows that MNEs are less likely to violate their employees’ human rights than local firms are. It also provides evidence that regional institutions do not influence MNE behavior toward employee human rights violation, but affect local firms. Furthermore, contrary to what was hypothesized, the density of MNEs in a region has a negative rather than positive influence on local firms’ respect of employee human rights.,This paper advances understanding of the behavior of MNEs in an emerging economy setting and contributes to the ongoing debate in the literature on their social impact.

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跨国企业，本地公司和工作场所员工的人权受到侵犯

本文旨在调查在新兴经济体中，跨国公司（MNEs）侵犯本地雇员的人权的可能性是否比本地公司高，区域机构压力是否会影响侵犯雇员人权的可能性以及跨国公司在跨国公司中的密度区域会影响本地公司侵犯员工人权的可能性。基于新制度理论，本文假设，在新兴经济体中，跨国公司侵犯员工人权的机会明显少于本地公司。此外，假设区域机构的质量仅影响本地公司对其雇员的社会行为。此外，据推测，一个地区的跨国公司密度对当地公司对员工人权的态度有积极影响。使用2005年至2014年间墨西哥32个地区的1,211,638位受访者-年度观察值样本对这些假设进行了检验。本文显示，与本地公司相比，跨国公司侵犯员工人权的可能性较小。它还提供了证据，表明区域机构不会影响跨国公司针对员工侵犯人权行为，而会影响本地公司。此外，与假设相反，一个地区的跨国公司密度对本地公司尊重员工人权有负面影响，而不是正面影响。