Sweatshop Labour Practices: The Bottom Line to Bring Change to the New Millennium Case of the Apparel Industry

Humanomics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-45

  Firoz, Nadeem M ^a   Ammaturo, Caren R ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33744981286     PISSN: 08288666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb018870     Document Type: Review

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