'Made in China': Rules and regulations versus corporate codes of conduct in the toy sector

Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 124-134

  Kwan, Alice ^a   Frost, Stephen ^b  

^a Hong Kong Employment Development Service   (Hong Kong)

^b Asia Monitor Resource Centre   (Hong Kong)

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