Codes in context: How states, markets, and civil society shape adherence to global labor standards

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 205-223

  Toffel, Michael W ^a   Short, Jodi L ^b   Ouellet, Melissa ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Codes of conduct; Compliance; Consumer politics; Labor standards; Transnational regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941022530     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12076     Document Type: Article

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