A social conscience in the global marketplace? Labour dimensions of codes of conduct, social labelling and investor initiatives

International Labour Review

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-129

  Diller, Janelle ^a  

^a NONE

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DEVELOPING WORLD; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0032864997     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.1999.tb00062.x     Document Type: Article

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