Child labour and supply chain: Profitability or (mis)management

European Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-63

  Zutshi, Ambika ^a   Creed, Andrew ^a   Sohal, Amrik ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Corporate social responsibility; Globalization; Labour utilization; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249109889     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340910925175     Document Type: Review

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