Impacts of Corporate Code of Conduct on Labor Standards: A Case Study of Reebok’s Athletic Footwear Supplier Factory in China

By Xiaomin Yu. 2008

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Corporate social responsibility communication of Chinese and global corporations in China (2009, background): “Global companies such as Nike, Reebok, Mattel and Gap, have been harshly criticized for using suppliers that maintained sweatshop conditions in China (e.g. Barboza, 2008; Yu, 2008).”
Private Regulation and Trade Union Rights: Why Codes of Conduct Have Limited Impact on Trade Union Rights (2014, background): “The elected representatives, however, struggled to maintain an active and independent role over time (Yu 2008).”
The New Political Role of Business in a Globalized World – A Review of a New Perspective on CSR and its Implications for the Firm, Governance, and Democracy (2011, unknown): “2007, 2009; Yu 2008).”
Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries as an Emerging Field of Study (2018, unknown): “…literature where CSR is conceptualized as a complex phenomenon that is contextual and multimodal and often initiated in collaboration with others inside and outside the corporation (e.g. Lund-Thomsen and Nadvi 2010a; Maloni and Brown 2006; Muller and Kolk 2009; Muthuri and Gilbert 2011; Yu 2008).”
Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review (2017, background): “The impetus to maximize profit leads to unfavorable buying practices, resulting in unfair wages for factory workers [72,80].”
Social Sustainability in Selecting Emerging Economy Suppliers (2011, background): “Most of the previous research concerning social issues in emerging market sourcing applies a case study approach (Andersen and Skjoett-Larsen, 2009; Tsoi, 2010; Yu, 2008) or provides a descriptive overview on the use of social standards and codes of conduct (Preuss, 2009; Tate et al.”
Social Sustainability in Developing Country Suppliers: An Exploratory Study in the Ready Made Garments Industry of Bangladesh (2014, methodology): “Importantly, both Lim and Phillips (2008) and Yu (2008) focused on dyadic relationships between developed country MNCs and developing country suppliers in the footwear industry.”
Corporate Social Responsibility in Garment Sourcing Networks: Factory Management Perspectives on Ethical Trade in Sri Lanka (2015, background): “Instead, the value of this study lies in its conceptualisation of how factory managers make sense of CSR implementation in their role as intermediaries between the powerless (garment workers) and the powerful (retail buyers).”
An empirical examination of the relationship between business strategy and socially responsible supply chain management (2013, background): “Similarly, Lim and Phillips (2008) and Yu (2008), within case studies of Nike and Reebok, respectively, implicitly consider requirements, problem process documentation, monitoring, and performance dialogue.”