The Study on staging strategy of global operational center- a L company Case Abstract Taiwan has his own competitive advantages geographical features among countries. With changes of competitive factors and differences development patterns, it becomes a critical issue what roles the global operational center should play and his strategic deployments in the internationalization process are getting an important subject. Hence, the thesis is going to analyze how the small & middle enterprise in Taiwan plays internationally with global perspective instead of focusing on interaction between China and Taiwan. The case study method was employed in this thesis with the theory models Barlett & Goshal¡]1989¡^proposed in 1989 to study how the electronic company has been developing internationally. Observation is the sources of first-hand data with notes being kept as references. Meanwhile, secondary data is also majority of data sources. Based on analyzed data, I conclude as the followings, 1. As for SMD packaging materials, the global operational center is becoming as a transnational company from current international ones. However, SMT equipments, the head quarter will become as a global company from currently trading mode. 2. There is a different repurchase cycle between both of SMD packaging materials & SMT equipments. Therefore, the requirements on abilities of local response and flexibility are different as well. The repurchase cycle determined how they interact and resources allocation between head quarter and subsidiaries. 3. In the process of diversification, different product lines have different management terms. For example, the products with characteristics of highly customerizd and shorter repurchase cycle have to be met the demands of local market, and the subsidiaries need to be empowered and given responsibilities more by head quarter. Key Word¡Gglobal operational center small and middle enterprise transnational company

Depuis plus de deux décennies, 320 accords d'entreprise transnationaux (AET) ont été conclus par 190 entreprises transnationales couvrant plus de 10 millions de salariés dont 2 en Europe (y.c fournisseurs et sous-traitants). On dispose désormais du recul nécessaire pour affirmer que I' AET est un accord de droit privé, négocié en l'absence d'un cadre juridique qui l'ignore encore, par des acteurs patronaux et salariés à la légitimité parfois incertaine, mais disposant d'une large autonomie d'opportunité, de méthode, de choix des thèmes, de périmètre, et de résolution des litiges. Or cette autonomie n'est que relative: l'application homogène de I' AET en son périmètre multinational reste une gageure, puisque confrontée à la diversité des règlementations. C'est l'occasion pour I' AET de révéler sa capacité de créer et déployer ses dispositions privées sans intervention externe, en particulier du juge. Ses atouts : son opportunisme à se mouler dans les imperfections légales, à combler des vides juridiques, et à instaurer d'improbables harmonisations légales sur un périmètre qu'il se donne. Cette thèse a pour objet de démontrer que l'AET est le fruit d'un délicat équilibre reposant sur trois phases d'égale importance (négociation, déploiement et suivi) dont les engagements désormais tangibles et synallagmatiques, se consolident sur la durée. Afin que I' AET ne soit pas perçu comme une« norme d'ajustement», l'ancrage de son autonomie devrait faire l'objet d'une reconnaissance légale internationale et nationale, lui conférant une véritable identité, prohibant toute régression en matière économique, sociale et environnementale et lui permettre de se démocratiser davantage. / In the past two or so decades, 320 transnational company-wide agreements (TCAs) have been entered into by 190 transnational corporations, covering over 10 million employees (2 million in Europe), along with suppliers and sub­contractors. By now, one has sufficient hindsight to confidently state that a TCA is a private-law agreement, negotiated (statute law being silent here) by corporate management and employees (some of whom of doubtful legitimacy), and enjoying considerable leeway when it comes to opportunities, method, choice of issues, purview and conflict-resolution. That independence nonetheless remains relative: for a TCA to apply across-the-board on a multinational level continues to be somewhat hazardous, given how greatly regulations may vary. This provides the occasion for a TCA to show its capacity for setting up and deploying private provisions without third-party intervention, notably from the Courts. The advantages: its ability to fill-out, as it were, gaps in the law, making up for the law's eventual inadequacies, while harmonising the law, against ail expectation, within a self-defined purview.This thesis has been designed to show how the TCA emerges from a delicate balance between three stages, equal in importance (negotiations, deployment, follow-up) with its tangible, synallagmatic commitments consolidating as time goes on. In order for a TCA to be viewed otherwise than as a mere "adjustment-standard", we suggest that its independence should henceforth be acknowledged by both domestic and international law, thereby granting it a true identity and preventing back-sliding in economic, social and environmental matters, while enabling it to become ever more democratic.

Made available in DSpace on 2009-11-18T19:01:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ACF153.pdf: 634361 bytes, checksum: c975e48fd56b71e0f5c55c6d73447167 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / The pharmaceutical industry is a segment that is dominated by transnational companies. This characteristic is visible in Brazil, where there are only three domestic laboratories in the top ten pharmaceutical companies list. From the 1970s onwards, the world pharmaceutical market went through deep changes caused mainly to the increase of regulatory control and patent expiration that led to the advent of generic medicaments. In 1999, it was published the law that allowed the introduction of generic medicaments in Brazil, creating a new market that is currently dominated by domestic laboratories. This dissertation proposes to identify the reasons for a subsidiary of foreign laboratory does not achieve the leadership of this market. The literature is based on international political economy and international business concepts that means, relations between subsidiary and head office, domestic and foreign companies and government. Four propositions are presented and tested through multiple sources of evidences. The empirical research was mainly grounded in interviews with key persons and participant observation that allowed access to information, which would be not available for scientific investigation. The results indicate that the relationships considered in this study affect the subsidiary performance in generic medicament market in regard to its ability to make decisions, price competitiveness and wide portfolio creation. The respondents considered those three aspects as success critical factors. The results can be used for future research, aiming to wide the focus of the study about domestic laboratory dominance in generic medicament markets. Another suggestion is to follow this market evolution regarding to the internationalization process of domestic laboratories. / A indústria farmacêutica é um segmento dominado por grandes empresas transnacionais, sendo que esse domínio é particularmente visível no Brasil, onde apenas três empresas nacionais figuram no ranking das dez maiores do setor. A partir de 1970, o mercado farmacêutico mundial sofreu profundas mudanças causadas pela elevação dos marcos regulatórios e pela queda das patentes, que levou à entrada dos medicamentos genéricos no mercado. Em 1999, foi publicada a lei que permitiu a introdução dos medicamentos genéricos no Brasil criando um novo mercado, que é, atualmente, liderado por laboratórios nacionais. A proposta do presente estudo é identificar os motivos que levaram uma subsidiária de um laboratório estrangeiro a não obter a liderança nesse mercado. O referencial teórico aborda a questão nos âmbitos da economia política internacional e dos negócios internacionais, ou seja, nas relações entre matriz e subsidiária, entre empresas nacionais e transnacionais, e entre ambas e o governo. A pesquisadora, com base na literatura disponível, apresenta quatro proposições cujas validades foram testadas a partir de múltiplas fontes de dados. A base da pesquisa empírica foi as entrevistas realizadas com representantes dos diversos atores envolvidos no processo, além da observação participante, que permitiu o acesso a informações que usualmente não estariam abertas à investigação científica. As conclusões indicam que as relações analisadas têm impacto direto no desempenho da subsidiária ao afetarem a sua agilidade no processo de tomada de decisão, sua competitividade em preços e a criação de um portfólio amplo de medicamentos, sendo todos esses aspectos considerados fatores críticos de sucesso pelos respondentes. Os resultados do trabalho podem ser utilizados em pesquisas futuras, visando ampliar o foco do estudo a respeito da dominância dos laboratórios nacionais no mercado de medicamentos genéricos. Além disso, é sugerido o acompanhamento da evolução dos laboratórios nacionais sob a ótica do processo de internacionalização.

Nos últimos cinqüenta anos ocorreu uma imensa gama de mudanças e inovações tecnológicas que tem impacto direto nos povos, nas questões sociais, econômicas e políticas. Essa mudança fica mais intensa com o processo de globalização que ocorreu nas últimas décadas, e caracterizou um aspecto multifacetado, com questões profundas, que exigiu das culturas uma nova inter-relação mundial. Este novo momento demanda um estudo para que se compreendam o choque entre culturas e o impacto sobre cada indivíduo. O desenvolvimento da economia transformou profundamente o trabalho e estabeleceu alto grau de competências e habilidades dos profissionais necessárias para o novo contexto. Dessa forma, o profissional depara-se com uma recente situação, na qual deve articular culturas de forma harmônica e retornar a sua pátria. Nesse contexto, o objetivo principal foi elucidar as questões relativas à expatriação, procurando apresentar a realidade desse processo através de mapeamento dos diversos momentos dessa mobilidade e sua relação com o momento histórico, bem como, vislumbrar os aspectos do fenômeno da transnacionalidade a que o executivo e sua respectiva família estão sujeitos. A metodologia adotada constituiu-se de pesquisa de campo exploratória e multidisciplinar. As informações foram obtidas com a área de expatriação das organizações e com os profissionais e suas famílias, por meio de questionário e entrevistas. Este trabalho traz três contribuições acadêmicas; a estruturação do cenário histórico mundial e nacional (1956-2005) que permite visualizar a ocorrência da internacionalização do capital e como o Brasil adentrou nesse processo; a possibilidade de entender como se sustentam os processos de expatriação dentro das empresas; e compreender o olhar dos expatriados e respectivas famílias sobre essa experiência, no tocante à adaptação pessoal e profissional no momento da saída e do retorno. / In the past fifty years a vast range of technological changes and innovations that have had direct impact on nations and on social, economical and political matters have occurred. This change is intensified by the globalization process that has taken place in the recent decades, implying on a multifaceted aspect, with profound issues and demanding a new world interrelationship from cultures. This new moment presents a demand for a study to gain in-depth understanding of cultural shock and its impact on individuals. The development of economy has deeply transformed labor and set a high level of skills and competencies needed from professionals within the new context. Thus professionals are faced with a recent situation in which they must articulate cultures harmoniously and then return to their homeland. In this context the main goal was to elucidate matters pertaining to expatriation, seeking to demonstrate this process reality through the mapping of this mobility different moments and its relationship with the historical moment, as well, as to glimpse at the aspects of the transnationality phenomenon to which the executive and his/her respective family are subject to. The chosen methodology was composed of multidisciplinary and exploratory field research. Information was obtained from the organizations expatriation areas and from professionals and their families, through questionnaires and interviews. This work provides three academic contributions; structuring of historic national and world scenario (1956-2005) that provides visualization of capital internationalization occurrence and of how Brazil entered this process; the possibility of understanding how expatriation processes are sustained within companies; and of understanding expatriates and respective families outlook on this experience to the extent of personal and professional adaptation on departure and upon return.

Nos últimos cinqüenta anos ocorreu uma imensa gama de mudanças e inovações tecnológicas que tem impacto direto nos povos, nas questões sociais, econômicas e políticas. Essa mudança fica mais intensa com o processo de globalização que ocorreu nas últimas décadas, e caracterizou um aspecto multifacetado, com questões profundas, que exigiu das culturas uma nova inter-relação mundial. Este novo momento demanda um estudo para que se compreendam o choque entre culturas e o impacto sobre cada indivíduo. O desenvolvimento da economia transformou profundamente o trabalho e estabeleceu alto grau de competências e habilidades dos profissionais necessárias para o novo contexto. Dessa forma, o profissional depara-se com uma recente situação, na qual deve articular culturas de forma harmônica e retornar a sua pátria. Nesse contexto, o objetivo principal foi elucidar as questões relativas à expatriação, procurando apresentar a realidade desse processo através de mapeamento dos diversos momentos dessa mobilidade e sua relação com o momento histórico, bem como, vislumbrar os aspectos do fenômeno da transnacionalidade a que o executivo e sua respectiva família estão sujeitos. A metodologia adotada constituiu-se de pesquisa de campo exploratória e multidisciplinar. As informações foram obtidas com a área de expatriação das organizações e com os profissionais e suas famílias, por meio de questionário e entrevistas. Este trabalho traz três contribuições acadêmicas; a estruturação do cenário histórico mundial e nacional (1956-2005) que permite visualizar a ocorrência da internacionalização do capital e como o Brasil adentrou nesse processo; a possibilidade de entender como se sustentam os processos de expatriação dentro das empresas; e compreender o olhar dos expatriados e respectivas famílias sobre essa experiência, no tocante à adaptação pessoal e profissional no momento da saída e do retorno. / In the past fifty years a vast range of technological changes and innovations that have had direct impact on nations and on social, economical and political matters have occurred. This change is intensified by the globalization process that has taken place in the recent decades, implying on a multifaceted aspect, with profound issues and demanding a new world interrelationship from cultures. This new moment presents a demand for a study to gain in-depth understanding of cultural shock and its impact on individuals. The development of economy has deeply transformed labor and set a high level of skills and competencies needed from professionals within the new context. Thus professionals are faced with a recent situation in which they must articulate cultures harmoniously and then return to their homeland. In this context the main goal was to elucidate matters pertaining to expatriation, seeking to demonstrate this process reality through the mapping of this mobility different moments and its relationship with the historical moment, as well, as to glimpse at the aspects of the transnationality phenomenon to which the executive and his/her respective family are subject to. The chosen methodology was composed of multidisciplinary and exploratory field research. Information was obtained from the organizations expatriation areas and from professionals and their families, through questionnaires and interviews. This work provides three academic contributions; structuring of historic national and world scenario (1956-2005) that provides visualization of capital internationalization occurrence and of how Brazil entered this process; the possibility of understanding how expatriation processes are sustained within companies; and of understanding expatriates and respective families outlook on this experience to the extent of personal and professional adaptation on departure and upon return.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2016-05-09T19:29:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Eliete Doretto Dominiquini.pdf: 1094410 bytes, checksum: 83ceb0d97b22bd28adabae5548c12aa9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-09T19:29:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eliete Doretto Dominiquini.pdf: 1094410 bytes, checksum: 83ceb0d97b22bd28adabae5548c12aa9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-17 / The topic of this research centers on the complex relationship between Human Rights and the Global Economy, which is constituted in the post-modern era by a corporativist base. It is delimited by the balanced equation between human rights and the global market that is characterized by the financial market so that the dignity of the human being is the end and the economy is the means to the welfare of the civil society that survives in advanced capitalism. Such an approach probes the historical evolution of human rights and the global economy, outlining the moments in which these institutes parted ways generating violations to the internationally protected rights, setting off inequality throughout the planet since the characteristics and dynamics that nowadays constitute the global economy afford greater segregation and exclusion than the distribution of wealth per se. It aims, consequently, to reconfigure the current reality postulated by advanced technology and the accumulation of capital on the basis of the science of law, with reflections on concrete instances in which entire populations have suffered violations of fundamental human rights, especially populations of developing countries, due to the activity of the protagonist of economic dynamics, to wit, transnational companies. Capitalism is potentially the form of distribution of wealth, however in its advanced configuration structured on the global corporative economy in neoliberalism it has not been successful to most of the planetary population that does not participate in the benefits of these dynamics and, in the very best of hypotheses, is restricted to a group of consumers that form the accelerated economy whose capital is volatile. Hence, in the framework of the activity from the objective perspective, one must review some necessary institutes in order that human rights will be the guidelines of the global economy. One highlights the role of the State-Nation, a global governance as well as the fundamental precepts of developing countries as basis, consecrated in the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil of 1988, to the end that they be crucial points of command and protection of human and fundamental rights. In this sense, it bears mentioning that there are diverse institutes that part from the internal field of the global economy, especially from the transnational companies; however, the study of the external field has been delimited as it is directly related to the global economy. In light of the complexity of the global economic activity, which is instantaneous, as well as the density of domestic legislation, one can affirm that the more effective participation of the State-Nations, an impartial global command and the domestic legislation of developing countries are sufficient to delimit the actions of the global economy, not staunching it but impeding the violation of human rights. The research technique used is bibliographical and documental, with a deductive approach albeit on some points inductive. / O tema desta pesquisa centra-se na relação complexa entre Direitos Humanos e Economia Global que se constitui na pós-modernidade numa base corporativista. Delimita-se na equação equilibrada entre direitos humanos e mercado global que possui como característica o mercado financeiro, de forma que a dignidade da pessoa humana seja o fim e a economia o meio para o bem-estar da sociedade civil que sobrevive no capitalismo avançado. Em tal abordagem busca-se a evolução histórica dos direitos humanos e economia global, delineando os momentos em que tais institutos se apartaram causando violações aos direitos internacionalmente protegidos, detonando desigualdade pelo planeta eis que as características e dinâmica que nos tempos de hoje constituem a economia global proporcionam mais segregação e exclusão do que distribuição de riqueza propriamente dita. Objetiva-se conseguintemente, reconfigurar a realidade atual postulada pelo avanço tecnológico e acúmulo de capital com base na ciência do direito, com reflexões acerca de casos concretos em que populações inteiras sofreram violações de direitos humanos fundamentais, sobretudo populações de países em desenvolvimento, devido à atividade no agente protagonista da dinâmica econômica, quais sejam, as empresas transnacionais. O capitalismo é potencialmente a forma de distribuição de riqueza, todavia, na sua configuração avançada estruturada na economia corporativa global no neoliberalismo, não têm sido sucesso à maior parte da população planetária que não participam das benesses dessa dinâmica, e na melhor das hipóteses, restringe-se num amontoado de consumidores que fazem a economia celerada cujo capital é volátil. Assim, no âmbito da atividade sob a ótica objetiva, importa revisitar alguns institutos imprescindíveis para que os direitos humanos sejam orientadores da economia global, valendo destacar a atuação do Estado-Nação, uma governança global bem como os preceitos fundamentais de países em desenvolvimento, como base, os sagrados na Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil, a fim de que sejam pontos cruciais de comandos e proteção dos direitos humanos e fundamentais. Nesse sentido, vale ressaltar que há diversos institutos que partem do campo interno da economia global, especialmente das empresas transnacionais, todavia restou delimitado o estudo no campo externo que é diretamente ligado à economia global. Ante a complexidade da atividade econômica global que é instantânea, bem como a densidade da legislação doméstica, é possível afirmar que a atuação mais efetiva dos Estados-Nações, um comando global imparcial, e a legislação doméstica dos países em desenvolvimento são bastantes para delimitar a atuação da economia global de forma não estanque, mas impeditiva de violação de direitos humanos. A técnica de pesquisa utilizada é a bibliográfica e documental, sob uma abordagem dedutiva e em alguns pontos indutiva acerca do tema.

Dans un contexte de globalisation de l'économie, de nouveaux procédés d'autorégulation ont suscité l'intérêt des acteurs privés. Initiées par les entreprises transnationales, ces régulations volontaires visent notamment à encadrer les relations de travail et à offrir une protection des droits sociaux fondamentaux aux travailleurs des filiales. Parmi ces initiatives, l'une a émergé à la fin des années 1980 : l'accord d'entreprise transnational. Ainsi, la protection des droits sociaux fondamentaux ne relève plus uniquement de la responsabilité des États mais se révèle davantage comme appartenant à la « responsabilité sociale » des entreprises via la négociation transnationale d'entreprise. L'absence de toute règle spécifique relative à une telle négociation laisse cependant en suspens certains problèmes juridiques. Répondre à ces incertitudes juridiques nécessite de clarifier des concepts et de mesurer l'effectivité des accords dans la concrétisation des droits sociaux fondamentaux. / In a context of economic globalization, new self-regulation processes have attracted the interest of private actors. lnitiated by transnational companies, these voluntary regulations aim in particular to regulate labour relations and to provide protection of fundamental social rights for workers within subsidiaries. Among these initiatives, one emerged in the late 1980s : the transnational company agreement. Thus, the protection of fundamental social rights is no longer the exclusive concern of States (responsibility), but appears more as belonging to the "social responsibility" of companies via the transnational company bargaining. However, the lack of any specific rules regarding such negotiations leaves some legal problems open. The legal uncertainties related to the transnational company agreements require the clarification of legal concepts and the assessment of the effectiveness of the agreements in the realization of fundamental social rights within transnational companies.

La commission européenne définit la responsabilité sociétale des entreprises comme « l'intégration volontaire des préoccupations sociales et écologiques des entreprises à leurs activités commerciales et leurs relations avec leurs parties prenantes » . la rse se subdivise en trois partie : l'écologie, le social et la gouvernance.jusqu'à présent, la rse était cantonnée à des guides de bonne conduite et un discours marketing bien rodé. le seul risque encouru par l'entreprise ne respectant pas ses engagement était une atteinte à son image (plus ou moins importante selon le degré de médiatisation de l'entreprise, allant de la simple condamnation par la presse spécialisée jusqu'au boycott).le terme responsabilité était alors restreint à l'acception commune, une sorte d'exigence morale. mais, la rse tend à investir le droit, et le risque de contentieux juridique apparaît. elle peut alors se comprendre comme la tentative de sanctionner par le droit un comportement autrefois seulement fustigé par l'éthique. elle correspond à un rapprochement de la morale et du droit, dans un mouvement inverse à celui qu'avait connu jusqu'alors la responsabilité.cette responsabilité émerge dans l'actualité. c'est l'affaire de l'erika. le tribunal correctionnel de paris a récemment condamné l'affréteur total à 192 millions d'euros de dommages et intérêts pour « préjudice écologique » en reconnaissant notamment l'atteinte au « vivant non commercial ». on assiste à une extension de la chaîne des responsabilités. de l'affréteur aux oiseaux et au littoral en passant par un armateur, des sociétés de notation, des gestionnaires du navire, des personnes publiques et des associations des défense de l'environnement. l'écran juridique de la société est écarté au profit de la notion plus large d'entreprise. / Social responsibility standards voluntarily set by a company create obligations both in respect of their issuers and their receptors. Law operates a double movement of legalization (they shall become binding for employees) and control (this binding nature is to exist only if it satisfies the justification and proportionality criteria) to standards that create new constraints for employees. The employer may, espacially by means of a code of conduct, restrict the exercise of freedom of its employees provided that such limitation is justified by the interest of the company and proportionate to the aim pursued. In addition, under the influence of a renovated corporate governance, social interest is now open to the interests of stakeholders. This changes the responsibilities of executives and forces them to set up and report on their corporate social responsibility policies. Once acquired the idea that a company has to integrate social responsibility into its business, the question of the legal nature of the measures implemented comes into play. One may distinguish on the one hand unilateral initiatives of the company, usually by means of a code of conduct and, on the other hand, concerted initiatives taking the form of international framework agreements. Both of these CSR instruments are relatively foreign to lawyers. After comparing codes of conduct and unilateral commitments, I attempted to legally qualify international framework agreements through a contractual perspective. From these analyzes, it appears that commitments entered into by a company, whether unilaterally or adopted after consultation, generate binding obligations. Standards of corporate social responsibility are subject to a process of legalization and individuals can now usefully use them as part of a trial to assert their claims.

Le concept de travail décent a été présenté par le Directeur général du Bureau international du travail, en 1999, comme l’objectif prioritaire de l’Organisation internationale du travail permettant à chaque femme et chaque homme d’exercer une activité dans des conditions de liberté, d’équité, de sécurité et de dignité. Il regroupe quatre piliers interdépendants que sont l’emploi, la protection sociale, le dialogue social et la promotion des droits au travail. De manière inédite, l’OIT impose un cadre d’action pour tous les États membres. Evoluant en fonction des conditions socio-économiques de chaque État membre, le concept de travail décent est susceptible d’être défini localement tout en ayant un contour universel. La traduction du concept est facilitée par le biais des programmes par pays de travail décent (PPTD), relevant de la coopération technique du BIT, et des indicateurs mesurant le travail décent. Le concept apparaît alors comme un objectif de portée universelle et non comme une norme juridique. Si la coopération technique de l’OIT facilite la réalisation du travail décent, son action normative est également essentielle. L’action normative doit aussi s’orienter vers le concept de travail décent, comme le montrent la Convention du travail maritime adoptée par la Conférence internationale du travail en 2006 et la Convention n°189 concernant le travail décent des travailleurs domestiques adoptée en 2011. Toutefois, perçu comme un slogan politique pour redonner une visibilité à l’OIT, fragilisée par le contexte de la mondialisation, le concept de travail décent a été critiqué pour son caractère minimaliste et ignoré au sein de l’UE. La confrontation entre le concept de travail décent et le droit de l’Union révèle alors un paradoxe entre l’accroissement des conditions de vie et de travail indécentes au profit d’un renforcement du droit du marché du travail ainsi que du droit du marché intérieur et l’engagement de tous les États membres de l’UE d’être liés à la Déclaration de l’OIT de 1998. Pourtant, la situation économique et sociale actuelle au sein de l’Union européenne interroge sur la nécessité et la possibilité d’intégrer le concept de travail décent, qui révèle une approche particulière du travail, en droit de l’Union européenne. En effet, la réflexion sur un régime de travail réellement humain centrée sur les valeurs de justice sociale et de dignité humaine trouve tout son sens dans le contexte actuel de la gouvernance économique au sein de l’Union européenne et des mesures d’austérité envisageant le travail sous l’angle du marché et des échanges. La justice sociale dans le sens que lui a donné la Déclaration de Philadelphie de 1944 puis le concept de travail décent, c’est-à-dire celui de l’action, est aujourd’hui indispensable pour la protection des personnes et de l’environnement. La situation actuelle au sein de l’UE constitue donc un enjeu pour l’OIT dans sa capacité à imposer la traduction du concept de travail décent en droit social européen et pour l’UE elle-même. Le concept de travail décent propose des solutions pour l’action normative, il implique des exigences pour le législateur et le juge de l’UE. A l’instar de l’OIT, l’UE doit orienter son action normative vers le concept de travail décent pour renforcer la place des droits sociaux fondamentaux face aux libertés économiques. Cette nouvelle orientation nécessite alors pour l’UE de prendre appui sur les instruments de l’OIT, en particulier sur ses conventions et déclarations ainsi que sur la coopération technique prenant en compte ses spécificités. / The concept of decent work has been presented by the Director-General of the International Labour Office, in 1999, as an International Labour Organisation’s priority objective enabling every woman and man to exercise an activity in conditions of freedom, equity, security and dignity. This concept brings together four independent pillars that are employment, social protection, social dialogue, respecting, promoting and realizing the fundamental principles and rights at work. In a new way, the ILO imposes a framework of action for all Member States. Depending on the socio-economic conditions in each Member State, the concept of decent work is likely to be defined locally while having a universal outline. The translation of the concept is facilitated through Decent Work Country Programs (DWCPs) under ILO technical cooperation, and indicators measuring decent work. The concept of decent work therefore appears as an objectif of universal scope and not as a legal norm. If ILO’s technical cooperation facilitates the achievement of decent work, its normative action is also essential. Normative action must also be directed towards the concept of decent work, as reflected in the Maritime Labour Convention adopted, in 2006, by the International Labour Conference and in the Convention n° 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers adopted in 2011. The concept of decent work, seen as a political slogan to give visibility to the ILO, weakened by the contexte of globalization, was criticized for its minimalist nature and ignored within the European Union. The confrontation between the concept of decent work and the law of the European Union reveals a paradox between the increase in indecent living and working conditions in favor of a strengthening of labor market law and market law and the commitment of all EU member states to be linked to the ILO Declaration of 1998. Yet, the current economic and social situation in the European Union raises the question of the need and possibility of integrating the concept of decent work, which reveals a particular approach to work, in European Union law. Reflection on humane conditions of labour centered on the values of social justice and human dignity makes sense in the current context of economic governance in the European Union and the austerity measures considering the work from the perspective of the market and trade. Social justice in the sense given to it by the Declaration of Philadelphia of 1944 and then the concept of decent work, that is to say the principle of action, is today indispensable for the protection of people and the environment. The current situation in the EU is therefore an issue for the ILO in its own ability to impose the translation of the concept of decent work into European social law and for the EU itself. The concept of decent work proposes solutions for normative action and thus it implies requirements for the legislator and the judge of the EU. Like the ILO, the EU must direct its normative action towards the concept of decent work to strengthen the place of fundamental social rights in the face of economic freedoms. This new approach requires the EU to build on ILO’ instruments, in particular on its conventions and declarations and on technical cooperation taking into account its specificities.