Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
PART 1
Introduction and Historical Overview
1 To Label or Not to Label Is that the Question?
2 Consumers and Producers Agency, Power and Social
PART 2
Social Labels in Comparative Perspective
3 Ethical Branding in Sri Lanka A Case Study of Garments without Guilt
4 Is There a Business Case of Improving Labor Standards?Some Evidence from Better Factories Cambodia
5 The Impact of the Fibre Citoyenne Label on the Moroccan Garment Industry and Its Workers
6 From No Sweat Shop Label to Ethical Clothing Australia
PART 3
Consumer and Business Perspectives on Social Labeling
7 Identifying and Understanding Ethical Consumer Behavior Reflections on 15 Years of Research
8 The Strength of Weak Commitments Market Contexts and Ethical Consumption
9 Social Labeling on the Web How Fashion Retailers Communicate Information about Labor practices to Online Consumers
10 Motivations and Concerns for Public Reporting about Corporate Social Responsibility and Compliance with Labor Standards A Case Study of the Apparel Industry
PART 4
Contemporary Debates and Controversies
11 Providing Direct Economic Benefit to Workers through Fair-Trade Labeling of Apparel The Fair-Trade USA Apparel and Linens Pilot Project
12 No Access to Justice The Failure of Ethical Labeling and Certification Systems for Worker Rights
13 Are Social Labels Symbols of Resistance? A Case for Sweatshop-Free Procurement in the U.S Public Sector
14 Social Labeling and Supply Chain Reform The Designated Supplier Program and the Alta Gracia Label
15 Truth in Labeling Toward a Genuine Multistakeholder Apparel Social Label

This book provides insight into the potential for the market to protect and improve labour standards and working conditions in global apparel supply chains. It examines the possibilities and limitations of market approaches to securing social compliance in global manufacturing industries. It does so by tracing the historic origins of social labelling both in trade union and consumer constituencies, considering industry and consumer perspectives on the benefits and drawbacks of social labelling, comparing efforts to develop and implement labelling initiatives in various countries, and locating social labelling within contemporary debates and controversies about the implications of globalization for workers worldwide. Scholars and students of globalisation, development, corporate social responsibility, human geography, labour and industrial relations, business ethics, consumer behaviour and fashion will find its contents of relevance.