Mattel, Inc.: Global Manufacturing Principles (GMP) - A Life-Cycle Analysis of a Company-Based Code of Conduct in the Toy Industry

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-517

  Sethi, S Prakash ^a   Veral, Emre A ^a   Shapiro, H Jack ^a   Emelianova, Olga ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate account ability; corporate culture; manufacturing in China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia; Mattel, Inc.; outsourcing; supply chain management; sweatshops; third party audits; top management and management incentives; toy Industry; voluntary codes of conduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955482968     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0673-0     Document Type: Article

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