Scott North
Biographic Data
| ID | 3786973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott North |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | North |
| SIGNATURE | NORTH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Osaka |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4427-5439 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Abe Shinzō's Campaign to Reform the Japanese Way of Work
Prime Minister Abe Shinzō has made Work Style Reform (hatarakikata kaikaku) part of his core policy agenda, promising above all to remedy the Japanese way of work's two greatest problems: dangerously long work hours and grossly unequal wage gaps between regular and non-regular workers. However, critics charge that the proposals will likely aggravate these problems, given that labor policymaking is dominated by conservative business and political …
Hope found in lives lost: Karoshi and the pursuit of worker rights in Japan
Japanese social order emphasizes a superior’s responsibility for their subordinates’ well-being. This traditional “right to benevolence” is a wellspring of hope for workers. This paper describes how, in the wake of changes in employment practices since the mid-1970s, citizens’ groups and labor lawyers creatively combined advances in medicine and legal knowledge with this right to benevolence in lawsuits seeking compensation for injuries caused by…
Limited Regular Employment and the Reform of Japan's Division of Labor
Responses to Japanese Prime Minister Abe's proposed labor reforms, which are part of the economic stimulus plan known as Abenomics, are a window on the positions of major stakeholders' social debates in Japan's future. This paper identifies, summarizes, and analyzes six responses to one of the proposed structural reforms: new labor rules that would encourage expansion of "limited regular employment," an employment status between Japan's famous "l…
Deadly virtues: Inner-worldly asceticism and karôshi in Japan
This article explores the relationship between Japanese workers' persistent inner-worldly asceticism and today's globalizing economy. The interplay of values and corporate cultural practices, global market forces and individual health outcomes is illustrated in the case of an Osaka stockbroker killed by overwork (karôshi) during the 1990 Gulf War and resultant collapse of Japan's 'bubble economy'. The analysis centres on corporate documents and e…
Interview with Charles Weathers and Scott North
Overtime Activists Take on Corporate Titans: Toyota, McDonald's and Japan's Work Hour Controversy
Japan’s long work hours generate high human and economic costs. Even between 2002 and 2008, when Japan enjoyed a growing economy, the media regularly reported cases of workers felled by strokes and heart attacks or driven to depression or suicide by unrelenting job demands. Work hours are a major impediment to equal opportunity, since working mothers cannot devote the long hours expected of professional employees and so must opt for low-paying, l…
The End of Overtime Pay: More Production or Just More Work for Japan's White Collar Workers
Seeking a "21st-century way of working" that promotes increased labor productivity and "diverse work styles," Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has issued a report recommending major changes to work hour regulations. The centerpiece of the proposal is an exemption from overtime pay for white-collar workers
Hope found in lives lost: Karoshi and the pursuit of worker rights in Japan
Japanese social order emphasizes a superior’s responsibility for their subordinates’ well-being. This traditional “right to benevolence” is a wellspring of hope for workers. This paper describes how, in the wake of changes in employment practices since the mid-1970s, citizens’ groups and labor lawyers creatively combined advances in medicine and legal knowledge with this right to benevolence in lawsuits seeking compensation for injuries caused by…
Overtime Activists Take on Corporate Titans: Toyota, McDonald's and Japan's Work Hour Controversy
Japan’s long work hours generate high human and economic costs. Even between 2002 and 2008, when Japan enjoyed a growing economy, the media regularly reported cases of workers felled by strokes and heart attacks or driven to depression or suicide by unrelenting job demands. Work hours are a major impediment to equal opportunity, since working mothers cannot devote the long hours expected of professional employees and so must opt for low-paying, l…
Deadly virtues: Inner-worldly asceticism and karôshi in Japan
This article explores the relationship between Japanese workers' persistent inner-worldly asceticism and today's globalizing economy. The interplay of values and corporate cultural practices, global market forces and individual health outcomes is illustrated in the case of an Osaka stockbroker killed by overwork (karôshi) during the 1990 Gulf War and resultant collapse of Japan's 'bubble economy'. The analysis centres on corporate documents and e…
The End of Overtime Pay: More Production or Just More Work for Japan's White Collar Workers
Seeking a "21st-century way of working" that promotes increased labor productivity and "diverse work styles," Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has issued a report recommending major changes to work hour regulations. The centerpiece of the proposal is an exemption from overtime pay for white-collar workers
Overtime Activists Take on Corporate Titans: Toyota, McDonald's and Japan's Work Hour Controversy
Japan’s long work hours generate high human and economic costs. Even between 2002 and 2008, when Japan enjoyed a growing economy, the media regularly reported cases of workers felled by strokes and heart attacks or driven to depression or suicide by unrelenting job demands. Work hours are a major impediment to equal opportunity, since working mothers cannot devote the long hours expected of professional employees and so must opt for low-paying, l…
Interview with Charles Weathers and Scott North
Deadly virtues: Inner-worldly asceticism and karôshi in Japan
This article explores the relationship between Japanese workers' persistent inner-worldly asceticism and today's globalizing economy. The interplay of values and corporate cultural practices, global market forces and individual health outcomes is illustrated in the case of an Osaka stockbroker killed by overwork (karôshi) during the 1990 Gulf War and resultant collapse of Japan's 'bubble economy'. The analysis centres on corporate documents and e…
Limited Regular Employment and the Reform of Japan's Division of Labor
Responses to Japanese Prime Minister Abe's proposed labor reforms, which are part of the economic stimulus plan known as Abenomics, are a window on the positions of major stakeholders' social debates in Japan's future. This paper identifies, summarizes, and analyzes six responses to one of the proposed structural reforms: new labor rules that would encourage expansion of "limited regular employment," an employment status between Japan's famous "l…
Hope found in lives lost: Karoshi and the pursuit of worker rights in Japan
Japanese social order emphasizes a superior’s responsibility for their subordinates’ well-being. This traditional “right to benevolence” is a wellspring of hope for workers. This paper describes how, in the wake of changes in employment practices since the mid-1970s, citizens’ groups and labor lawyers creatively combined advances in medicine and legal knowledge with this right to benevolence in lawsuits seeking compensation for injuries caused by…
Abe Shinzō's Campaign to Reform the Japanese Way of Work
Prime Minister Abe Shinzō has made Work Style Reform (hatarakikata kaikaku) part of his core policy agenda, promising above all to remedy the Japanese way of work's two greatest problems: dangerously long work hours and grossly unequal wage gaps between regular and non-regular workers. However, critics charge that the proposals will likely aggravate these problems, given that labor policymaking is dominated by conservative business and political …
Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mechanical Engineering (3 works) · Asian Industrial and Economic Development (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works)