Implementing a collective code of conduct - CSC9000T in Chinese textile industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-43

  Chen, Tingting ^a   Larsson, Anna ^b   Mark Herbert, Cecilia ^c  

^a Beijing RongZhi Institute of Corporate Social Responsibility No 5 Building   (China)

^b UandWe   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); CSC9000T; ISO 26000; SA8000; Textile

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TEXTILES;

CHINA; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); CSC9000T; ISO 26000; SA8000;

TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84901615808     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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