Gap Inc. sees supplier ownership of compliance with workplace standards as an essential element of socially responsible sourcing

Journal of Organizational Excellence

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-25

  Henkle, Dan ^a  

^a GAP INC   (United States)

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EID: 33845805129     PISSN: 15311864     EISSN: 15316653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joe.20076     Document Type: Review

References (4)

1. Gap Inc. collaborated with three NGOs-Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), the Center for Reflection, Education, and Action (CREA), and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)-to form an Independent Monitoring Working Group (IMWG). The IMWG engaged the Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES), a group of representatives from Salvadoran civil society who sought to help workers in the maquila sector. The effort marked the beginning of the first independent monitoring program in El Salvador and in the apparel industry globally.
2. For a full discussion of Gap Inc.'s current partnership efforts, see Progress through partnerships, in Facing challenges, finding opportunities: 2004 social responsibility report (San Francisco, Calif.: Gap Inc., 2004.), which is also available on the Internet at www.gapinc.com/public/SocialResponsibility/ socialres.shtml.
3. K. Rohitratana, How to effectively implement SA8000 in Thailand, in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on IS09000 & TQM, ed. by S.K.M. Ho & M. Donnelly (Ayr, Scotland: Paisley Business School, 2001), 83.
4. G. Cestre, Social accountability and performance: The Switcher/Prem Group experience in India, paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Identity, and Competitiveness, Boston, Mass., May 23-25, 2002, organized by the Reputation Institute.