Workers' rights and corporate accountability - The move towards practical, worker-driven change for sportswear workers in Indonesia

Gender and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-65

  Gardener, Daisy ^a  

^a Oxfam Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

corporate accountability; corporate social responsibility; decent work; Indonesia; Play Fair; women workers; workers' rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859626074     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2012.663623     Document Type: Article

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