The Transparent Supply Chain: from Resistance to Implementation at Nike and Levi-Strauss

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-603

  Doorey, David J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; information disclosure; labor practices; Levi Strauss; Nike; supply chains; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053927694     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0882-1     Document Type: Article

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