Workers' Rights and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains: Is a Social Label the Answer?

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Jennifer Bair Doug Miller

Workers' Rights and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains

Is a Social Label the Answer?

Jennifer Bair, Doug Miller, Marsha Dickson

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Routledge
17 August 2013

Business ethics; Working patterns & practices; Textile industries

Series: Routledge Studies in Business Ethics

This book provides insight into the potential for the market to protect and improve labour standards and working conditions in global apparel supply chains. It examines the possibilities and limitations of market approaches to securing social compliance in global manufacturing industries. It does so by tracing the historic origins of social labelling both in trade union and consumer constituencies, considering industry and consumer perspectives on the benefits and drawbacks of social labelling, comparing efforts to develop and implement labelling initiatives in various countries, and locating social labelling within contemporary debates and controversies about the implications of globalization for workers worldwide. Scholars and students of globalisation, development, corporate social responsibility, human geography, labour and industrial relations, business ethics, consumer behaviour and fashion will find its contents of relevance. CSR practitioners in the clothing and other industries will also find this useful in developing policy with respect to supply chain assurance.

Edited by: Jennifer Bair, Doug Miller, Marsha Dickson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 760g
ISBN: 9780415843850
ISBN 10: 0415843855
Series: Routledge Studies in Business Ethics
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 17 August 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer Bair is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. Douglas Miller is Professor of Ethical Fashion in the School of Design at the University of Northumbria, UK. Marsha Dickson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies at the University of Delaware, USA.

Reviews for Workers' Rights and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains: Is a Social Label the Answer?

Can consumer power be used to leverage improved working conditions and respect for labor rights in apparel global supply chains through social labeling? And, if so, under what conditions is social labeling likely to produce the best results? Combining an insightful historical perspective with a rich comparative analysis, the contributors to this volume convincingly suggest that social labeling can be fruitful if it is based on a global industry standard, with broad stakeholder engagement, and effective verification along the entire supply chain. - Mark Anner, Penn State University, USA