ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|43 pages
Introduction and Historical Overview
part II|74 pages
Social Labels in Comparative Perspective
chapter 4|19 pages
Is There a Business Case for Improving Labor Standards?
part III|85 pages
Consumer and Business Perspectives on Social Labeling
chapter 7|19 pages
Identifying and Understanding Ethical Consumer Behavior
chapter 9|19 pages
Social Labeling on the Web
chapter 10|21 pages
Motivations and Concerns for Public Reporting about Corporate Social Responsibility and Compliance with Labor Standards
part IV|101 pages
Contemporary Debates and Controversies