Beyond corporate codes of conduct: Work organization and labour standards at Nike's suppliers

International Labour Review

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 21-40

  Locke, Richard ^a   Kochan, Thomas ^a   Romis, Monica ^a   Qin, Fei ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code of Conduct; Corporate responsibility; Labour standards; Multinational enterprise; Value chains; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; LABOR STANDARD; LABOR SUPPLY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 34547752493     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2007.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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