Tailoring corporate responsibility to suppliers: Managing SA8000 in Indian garment manufacturing

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-56

  Stigzelius, Ingrid ^a   Mark Herbert, Cecilia ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Code of conduct; Corporate responsibility; Garment; India; Labour standard; SA8000; Social compliance; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949109081     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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