Corporate social responsibility and global labor standards: Firms and activists in the making of private regulation

Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Labor Standards: Firms and Activists in the Making of Private Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-236

  Fransen, Luc ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203139042     Document Type: Book

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