Child labor and multinational conduct: A comparison of international business and stakeholder codes

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-301

  Kolk, Ans ^a   Van Tulder, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Business associations; Child labor; Codes of conduct; International organizations; Multinational enterprises; Non governmental organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009763885     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014009313508     Document Type: Article

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