Corporate social responsibility meets traditional supervision of fundamental labour rights: Why CSR needs social dialogue to fill the governance gaps

The Role of Labour Standards in Development: From Theory to Sustainable Practice?

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tajgman, David ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Codes of conduct; Corporate social responsibility; Governance gap; International labour organization; Labour standards; Private actors; Reform; Social dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925426350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5871/bacad/9780197264911.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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