Impediments to the implementation of voluntary codes of conduct in production factories of the Global South: so much to do, so little done.
A common consequence of the fragmented supply practices of multinational corporations are unfair and exploitative working conditions in the global South. Many corporations face this, and the resulting reputational damage, by installing voluntary codes of conduct in their supplier factories, leading...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 35; no. 7; pp. 1256 - 1273 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2014
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