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1 online resource (vii, 310 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge studies in business ethics ; 7 |
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Routledge studies in business ethics ; 7.
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Contents |
pt. 1. Introduction and historical overview -- pt. 2. Social labels in comparative perspective -- pt. 3. Consumer and business perspectives on social labeling -- pt. 4. Contemporary debates and controversies |
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pt. 1. Introduction and historical overview. To label or not to label: is that the question? / Jennifer Bair, Marsha A. Dickson and Doug Miller -- Consumers and producers: agency, power and social enfranchisement / Robert J.S. Ross -- pt. 2. Social labels in comparative perspective. Ethical branding in Sri Lanka: a case study of garments without guilt / Annelies Goger -- Is there a business case for improving labor standards? Some evidence from better factories Cambodia / Drusilla Brown, Rajeev Dehejia and Raymond Robertson -- The impact of the fibre citoyenne label on the Moroccan garment industry and its workers / Arianna Rossi -- From 'no sweat shop' label to ethical clothing Australia / Patricia Brien -- pt. 3. Consumer and business perspectives on social labeling. Identifying and understanding ethical consumer behavior: reflections on 15 years of research / Marsha A. Dickson -- The strength of weak commitments: market contexts and ethical consumption / Ian Robinson, Rachel Meyer, and Howard Kimeldorf -- Social labeling on the web: how fashion retailers communicate information about labor practices to online consumers / Llyr Roberts -- Motivations and concerns for public reporting about corporate social responsibility and compliance with labor standards: a case study of the apparel industry / Theodora Valero and Marsha A. Dickson -- pt. 4. Contemporary debates and controversies. Providing direct economic benefit to workers through fair-trade labeling of apparel: the fair-trade USA apparel and linens pilot project / Heather Franzese -- No access to justice: the failure of ethical labeling and certification systems for worker rights / Bama Athreya and Brian Campbell -- Are social labels symbols of resistance? A case for sweatshop-free procurement in the U.S. public sector / Bjorn Skorpen Claeson -- Social labeling and supply chain reform: the designated supplier program and the Alta Gracia label / Scott Nova and John M. Kline -- Truth in labeling: toward a genuine, multistakeholder apparel social label / Eric Dirnbach |
Summary |
This book provides insight into the potential for the market to protect and improve labour standards and working conditions in global apparel supply chains. It examines the possibilities and limitations of market approaches to securing social compliance in global manufacturing industries. It does so by tracing the historic origins of social labelling both in trade union and consumer constituencies, considering industry and consumer perspectives on the benefits and drawbacks of social labelling, comparing efforts to develop and implement labelling initiatives in various countries, and locati |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
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Subject |
Sweatshops.
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Clothing trade -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Union labels -- Social aspects
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Social responsibility of business.
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Employee rights.
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International trade -- Social aspects
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sweatshops.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
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Clothing trade -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Employee rights
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International trade -- Social aspects
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Social responsibility of business
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Sweatshops
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Globalisierung
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Welthandel
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Arbeitnehmerschutz
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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Fairer Handel
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Sozialstandards.
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Arbeitnehmerschutz.
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Warenkennzeichnung.
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Fairer Handel.
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Corporate Social Responsibility.
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Welt.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bair, Jennifer, 1973-
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Dickson, Marsha Ann.
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ISBN |
9781135012885 |
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1135012881 |
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9780203751701 |
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0203751701 |
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9781135012892 |
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113501289X |
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9781135012878 |
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1135012873 |
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9781138212732 |
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1138212733 |
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