Publications and works

Books (7)

John M. Kline with Sarah Adler-Milstein. Sewing Hope: How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry’s Sweatshops. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2017.

John M. Kline. Chinese translation of Ethics for International Business, 2nd ed.. Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2013.

John M. Kline. Ethics for International Business: Decision-Making in a Global Political Economy, 2nd edition. London and New York: Routledge, 2010.

John M. Kline and Cynthia Wallace. EC-92 and Changing Global Investment Patterns: Implications for the US-EC Relationships. Washington, DC: Center for Strategic & International Studies, 1992.

John M. Kline. Foreign Investment in Restructuring Economies. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.

John M. Kline. International Codes and Multinational Business. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.

John M. Kline. State Government Influence in U.S. International Economic Policy. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1983.

Articles in Journals (12)

John Kline. “MNCs and Surrogate Sovereignty’.” The Brown Journal of World Affairs, XIII, I (2006): 123-33.

John Kline. “TNC Codes and National Sovereignty: Deciding When TNCs Should Engage in Political Activity’.” Transnational Corporations, 14, 3 (2005): 29-53.

John M. Kline. “Political Activities by Transnational Corporations.” Transnational Corporations, 12, 1 (2003): 25-Jan.

John Kline. “Value Choices for Global Business: Who Decides, and How?’.” POLITEIA: Revista di Etica e Scelte Pubbliche, XXIV, 89 (2002): 361-70.

John M. Kline. “Australian Federalism Confronts Globalization.” Australian Journal of Public Administration, 61, 3 (2002): 27-37.

John M. Kline. “Continuing Controversies Over State and Local Foreign Policy Sanctions in the United States.” PUBLIUS: The Journal of Federalism, 29 (1999): 111-134.

John M. Kline with Rodney Ludema. “Building a Multilateral Framework for Investment: Comparing the Development of Trade and Investment Accords.” Transnational Corporations, 6, 3 (December 1997): 31-Jan.

John M. Kline. “Corporate Social Responsibility and Transnational Corporations.” World Investment Report: 1994 (1994): 313-340.

John M. Kline. “International Regulation of Transnational Business.” Transnational Corporations, 2, 1 (February 1993)

John M. Kline. “The Role of Transnational Corporations in Chile’s Transition: Beyond Dependency and Bargaining.” Transnational Corporations, 1, 2 (August 1992): 81-95.

Articles/Chapters in Books (10)

John Kline and Scott Nova. “Social Labeling and Supply Chain Reforms.” Workers; Rights and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains, 262-281. London: Routledge, 2013.

John M. Kline. “Enhancing the Development Dimension of Home Country Measures.” The Development Dimension of FDI: Policy and Rule-Making Perspectives, edited by Proceedings from the UNCTAD Expert Meeting, 101-113. United Nations Publications, 2002.

John M. Kline. “Business Codes and Conduct in a Global Political Economy.” Global Codes of Conduct: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, 39-56. Notre Dame, Indiana: Notre Dame Press, 2000.

John M. Kline. “Nations, Nationality and Transnational Enterprises: Policy Choices for Defining Corporate Nationality.” Foreign Ownership and the Consequences of Direct Investment in the United States: Beyond Them and Us, edited by Quorum Books, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998.

John M. Kline. “(reprinted) International Regulation of Transnational Business.” Companies Without Borders: Transnational Corporations in the 1990s, edited by International Thomson Business Press, 305-316. London: International Thomson Business Press, 1996.

John M. Kline. “State and Local Boundary-Spanning Strategies in the united States: Political, Economic and Cultural Transgovernmental Interactions.” Globalization and Decentralization, edited by A Joint Project of the National Institute for Research Advancement and the National Academy of Public Administration, 329-346. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1996.

John M. Kline. “Transnational Enterprises and National Political Economies’.” Competitive and Cooperative Macromanagement, edited by Gavin Boyd, ed., 19-Jan. Edward Elgar Publishing, 1995.

John M. Kline. “Business Ethics in Chile: Foreign Practices and Domestic Traditions.” Emerging Global Business Ethics, edited by W. Michael Hoffman et. al., ed., 13-Mar. United Nations: Quorum Books, 1994.

John M. Kline. “United States’ Federalism and Foreign Policy.” States and Provinces in the International Economy, edited by Douglas Brown and Earl Fry, ed., 201-231. Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, Berkeley and Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queens University, 1993.

John M. Kline. “Managing Intergovernmental Tensions: Shaping a State and Local Role in U.S. Foreign Relations.” Foriegn Relations and Federal States, edited by Brian Hocking, ed., 105-121. Great Britain: University of Leicester Press, 1993.

Articles in Conference/Workshop Proceedings (1)

John Kline. “Enhancing the Development Dimension of Home Country Measures’.” 101-113. Geneva: United Nations, 2003.

Presentations (62)

John M. Kline, “A New Geography of Power? State Sovereignty and the Corporate Dilemma,” April 2018. Lewis and Clark College: 56th International Affairs Symposium.

John M. Kline, “Alta Gracia: Sewing Hope with a Living Wage,” April 2018. Pennsylvania State University: Annual Center for Global Workers’ Rights Spring Symposium.

John M. Kline, “Corporate Nationality Confused,” March 2018. Beijing, China: Invited Lecture for graduate students, Central University for Finance and Economics.

John M. Kline, “Investment and New Industrial Policies,” March 2018. Geneva, Switzerland: Expert Group Meeting, UNCTAD.

John M. Kline, “Student Protests and Promotions; Nike vs. Alta Gracia,” November 2017. Villanova University.

John M. Kline, “Sewing Hope: How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry’s Sweatshops,” October 2017. Washington, DC: DC Chapter of Labor & Employment Relations Association (LERA).

John M. Kline, “Managing Cross-Culture Conflicts and Challenges,” June 2016. Beijing, China: University of International Business and Economics.

John M. Kline, “Corporate Nationality,” June 2016. Beijing, China: Central University of Finance and Economics.

John M. Kline, “Managing Cross-Culture Conflicts and Challenges,” June 2016. Minzu University of China: .

John M. Kline, “Intternational Business Ethics,” November 2015. Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics.

Other (23)

World Investment Report News Conference, Aug. 30, 1994. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, an independent U.N. branch, released its report on 1994 world investment, following which the participants took questions from the press. The UNCTD aims to improve economic relations between industrialized and developing nations. https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/world-investment-report/46281

(principal consultant) ‘Polices on Outward Foreign Investment,’ in World Investment Report: 1995 (United Nations, 1995), Chapter VIII

The Social Responsibility of Transnational Corporations. United Nations: Geneva, 1999.

Investment-Related Trade Measures: UNCTAD Series on issues in internationanl investment agreements. Geneva: United Nations, 1999.

Home Country Measures: UNCTAD Series on issues in international investment agreements. Geneva: United Nations, 2001.

John Kline and Rory Allan, Best Practices in Investment for Developoment: How to utilize FDI to improve infrastructure – electricity: Lessons from Chile and New Zealand; Investment Advisory Series, Geneva: United Nations, 2009.

John Kline, Alta Gracia: Branding Decent Work Conditions, Research Report, International Business Diplomacy, Georgetown University, 30 August 2010.

John Kline, Edmund Gomez and Shandre Thangavelu, Best Practices in Investment for Development: How to Create and Benefit from FDI-SME Linkages: Lessons from Malaysia and Singapore, Investment Advisory Series, Geneva: United Nations, 2011.

Stephen Young, Marek Tiits, Noel Watson, Rory Allan, John Kline, Best Practices in Investment for Development: How to Attract and Benefit from FDI in Small Countries: Lessons from Estonia and Jamaica, Investment Advisory Series, Geneva, United Nations, 2011.

John Kline and Ed Soule, Alta Gracia: Work With a Salario Digno, Research Progress Report, Reflective Engagement Initiative, Georgetown University, 5 December 2011

John M. Kline, Guidance Paper on Evaluating Sustainable Foreign Direct Investment, Working Paper No. 12, Millennium Cities Initiative, Earth Institute (New York: Columbia University), July, 2012.

John Kline, ‘Reassessing Collegiate Anti-Sweatshop Efforts: Can University Licensing Codes Meet Workers’ Basic Needs?’An Issue Primer, Engaged Ethics Initiative on Complex Moral Problems, Georgetown University, September 6, 2012. 

John Kline and Ed Soule, Alta Gracia: Four Years and Counting, Research Results Report, Reflective Engagement Initiative, Georgetown University, August, 2014.

Rory Allan. ”Best Practices in Investment for Development: How to utilize FDI to improve infrastructure – electricity: Lessons from Chile and New Zealand.” (2009). url: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=4983&lang=1.

John M. Kline. ”Reassessing Collegiate Anti-Sweatshop Efforts: Can University Licensing Codes Meet Workers’ Basic Needs?” (2012).

John M. Kline. ”Guidance Paper on Sustainable Foreign Direct Investment.” (2012). URL: http://mci.ei.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/Sustainable-FDI-Guidance-Paper-Kline-FINAL.pdf.

John Kline and Ed Soule. ”Alta Gracia: Four Years and Counting.” (2014).

John M. Kline. ”The Social Responsibility of Transnational Corporations.” (1999).

John M. Kline. ”Investment-Related Trade Measures.” (1999).

John M. Kline. ”Home Country Measures.” (2001).

John Kline and Ed Soule. ”Alta Gracia: Work With a Salario Digno.” (2011).

John Kline, Edmund Gomez and Shandre Thangavelu. ”Best Practices in Investment for Development: How to Create and Benefit from FDI-SME Linkages: Lessons from Malaysia and Singapore.” (2011). url: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=15157&intItemID=4983&lang=1.

Stephen Young, Marek Tiits, Noel Watson, Rory Allan, John Kline. ”Best Practices in Investment for Development: How to Attract and Benefit from FDI in Small Countries: Lessons from Estonia and Jamaica.” (2011). url: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=15192&intItemID=4983&lang=1.

John Kline. ”Alta Gracia: Branding Decent Work Conditions.” (2010). url: http://ibd.georgetown.edu/altagracia.