Governing corporate social responsibility in the apparel industry after Rana Plaza / Anil Hira, Maureen Benson-Rea, editors.
| Other author | Hira, Anil. |
| Other author | Benson-Rea, Maureen, 1957- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017] |
| Description | xvii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Anil Hira and Maureen Benson-Rea -- Threads of despair: an argument for the public option in garment governance / Anil Hira -- The legacy of Rana Plaza: improving labour and social standards in Bangladesh's apparel industry / Mustafizur Rahman and Khondaker Golam Moazzem -- A governance deficit in the apparel industry in Bangladesh: solutions to the impasse? / Mohammad Tarikul Islam, Amira Khattak, and Christina Stringer -- Anti-consumption and governance in the global fashion industry: transparency is key / Michael S. W. Lee, Miriam Seifert, and Helene Cherrier. |
| Abstract | "This edited collection critically explores the efforts of the apparel industry to improve safety conditions and suggests governance reforms that will resolve lingering issues. The volume examines two consortia: the Alliance and the Accord, which set up cooperative auditing systems of supplying factories and penalties for non-compliance, and include funding to help factories comply and for workers if factories are idled during repairs, though the editors raise doubts about the long-lasting value of such efforts. In the wake of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, leading researchers across labor relations and industry studies tackle and debate such issues, giving their perspective of how multinationals operating in developing countries should regulate labor standards in order to resolve and improve the substandard working conditions under which much of our clothing is made"--Page 4 of cover. |
| General note | Includes notes on the contributors. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017936946 |
| ISBN | 1137601787 |
| ISBN | 9781137601780 |
| ISBN | (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (electronic bk.) |
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