Social Audits and Global Clothing Supply Chains: Some Observations

Muhammad Azizul Islam ()
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Muhammad Azizul Islam: Queensland University of Technology

Chapter Chapter 5 in Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance, 2015, pp 103-116 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study provides some preliminary insight in relation to the use of social audits by the global clothing and retail companies that source garment products from developing nations. In the era of globalisation, companies based in developed nations have transferred their production locations to many parts of the developing nations. At the same time, there are widespread global stakeholder concerns about the use of child labour, inadequate health and safety standards and poor working conditions at many of these production locations. Social audits appear to be a tool used by companies to monitor working conditions and to ensure that manufacturing takes place in a humane working environment. The study finds that companies use social auditing in order to maintain their legitimacy within the wider community.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Supply Chain; Minimum Wage; Child Labour; Human Trafficking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10909-1_5

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