The Effectiveness of Self-regulation:: Corporate Codes of Conduct and Child Labour

• Published in: European management journal Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 260 - 271
• Main Authors: Kolk, Ans, van Tulder, Rob
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 2002; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Series: European Management Journal
• Subjects: C&A; Child labor; Child Labour; Clothing industry; Codes of Conduct; Corporate responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility Child Labour Codes of Conduct Multinationals Self-regulation C&A Gap H&M Levi Strauss Nike WE; Gap; H&M; Levi Strauss; Manycompanies; Multinational corporations; Multinationals; Nike; Self regulation; Social responsibility; Vendor supplier relations; United States > US; Europe; Nike; Child Labour; Levi Strauss; Codes of Conduct; Gap; Corporate Social Responsibility; Multinationals; H&M; WE; Self-regulation; C&A
• ISSN: 0263-2373; 1873-5681
• DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(02)00043-9

The effectiveness of self-regulation to promote corporate social responsibility, with codes of conduct as most common means, continues to be the subject of widespread interest. This article explores the effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct, focusing on the issue of child labour. This issue is...