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Supply Chains in the Apparel Industry: Do Transnational Initiatives for Social Sustainability Improve Workers’ Situation?

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  • Claude Meier

    (HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich, Switzerland)

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Non-state driven Transnational Initiatives for Social Sustainability (TISSs) have increasingly attempted to approach social issues like labour laws in global supply chains. The reason is that state-laws are territorially confined. But can TISSs contribute to effective solutions of issues on which they are focused? This examination presents a theoretical framework explaining the effectiveness of TISSs. For the empirical case study, the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) and the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) were selected. Data was collected from expert interviews and documents. The results led to the conclusion that stakeholder-involving approaches are adequate to support social sustainability in the future.

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  • Claude Meier, 2015. "Supply Chains in the Apparel Industry: Do Transnational Initiatives for Social Sustainability Improve Workers’ Situation?," International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, ToKnowPress, vol. 4(1), pages 27-40.
  • Handle: RePEc:tkp:jouijm:v:4:y:2015:i:1:p:27-40
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