The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated underlying and pre-existing social, political, and economic conditions that make their negative effects both more likely and more negative, particularly for workers in global value chains (GVCs). In our conceptual and normative paper, we encourage a rethinking of GVCs and associated strategies of lead firms by integrating justice-related concerns. We argue that the failure to provide just outcomes for GVC workers is due to the existence of persistent structural injustices within GVCs. We seek to address this fundamental question: if the problems of GVCs and employment are due to structural injustices, how can they be addressed and ameliorated? We offer operational principles for firms in this regard, using Iris Marion Young's concept of structural injustice to frame our analysis: (1) adopting shared constraint through inter-firm cooperation and collective action, (2) minimum, shared standards for GVC worker treatment, (3) worker participation in GVC governance, (4) focusing on creating genuinely shared value rather than on value extraction from GVC workers, and (5) focusing on worker outcomes instead of processes. Our contribution lies in (1) outlining a relational approach to help lead firms to rethink their fundamental assumptions, strategies, and underlying conditions of GVCs and (2) expanding Young's analysis of structural injustice to GVCs more broadly.

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超越结构性不公正：为大流行后全球价值链中的工人争取正义

COVID-19 大流行加剧了潜在的和预先存在的社会、政治和经济状况，使其负面影响更有可能和更负面，特别是对全球价值链 (GVC) 中的工人而言。在我们的概念性和规范性文件中，我们鼓励通过整合与司法相关的问题来重新思考全球价值链和领先公司的相关战略。我们认为，未能为全球价值链工人提供公正的结果是由于全球价值链内部存在持续的结构性不公正。我们试图解决这个基本问题：如果全球价值链和就业问题是由结构性不公正造成的，那么如何解决和改善这些问题？我们在这方面为公司提供运营原则，使用 Iris Marion Young 的结构不公正概念来构建我们的分析：(1) 通过公司间合作和集体行动采用共享约束，(2) 全球价值链工人待遇的最低共享标准，(3) 工人参与全球价值链治理，(4) 专注于创造真正的共享价值，而不是价值提取来自全球价值链工人，以及 (5) 关注工人成果而不是流程。我们的贡献在于（1）概述了一种关系方法，以帮助领导公司重新思考其全球价值链的基本假设、战略和基本条件，以及（2）将杨对全球价值链结构性不公正的分析扩展到更广泛的领域。(5) 关注员工成果而不是流程。我们的贡献在于（1）概述了一种关系方法，以帮助领导公司重新思考其全球价值链的基本假设、战略和基本条件，以及（2）将杨对全球价值链结构性不公正的分析扩展到更广泛的领域。(5) 关注员工成果而不是流程。我们的贡献在于（1）概述了一种关系方法，以帮助领导公司重新思考其全球价值链的基本假设、战略和基本条件，以及（2）将杨对全球价值链结构性不公正的分析扩展到更广泛的领域。