The SA8000 social certification standard: Literature review and theory-based research agenda

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 175, Issue , 2016, Pages 164-181

  Sartor, Marco ^a   Orzes, Guido ^a   Di Mauro, Carmela ^b   Ebrahimpour, Maling ^c   Nassimbeni, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; SA8000; Social accountability; Social responsibility; Standard; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CERTIFICATION; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); NEO-INSTITUTIONAL THEORIES; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SA8000; SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

COSTS;

EID: 84960450238     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.02.018     Document Type: Review

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