Regulating for corporate human rights abuses: The emergence of corporate reporting on the ILO's human rights standards within the global garment manufacturing and retail industry

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 790-810

  Islam, Muhammad Azizul ^a   McPhail, Ken ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human rights; Institutional theory; International Governmental Organisation; International Labour Organisation; Multinational companies; Responsive regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155197147     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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