Corporate Social Responsibility in the Garment Industry. The Case of the Clean Clothes Campaign and Developing States
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Garment Industry. The Case of the Clean Clothes Campaign and Developing States

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to investigate the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) organization and its efforts to alleviate the poor situation of workers in developing states and to promote the idea of Corporate Social Responsibility. It starts with a brief example of two such developing countries, Bangladesh and Cambodia, data for which has been drawn from Eurostat, Trading Economics, and the CIA’s World Fact book. It then moves to its main focus, that is, the description of the structure of the CCC, the different ways in which it tries to achieve its goals, and the vast network of partnership between the campaign and NGO’s worldwide, as well as the cooperation with decisive bodies of the European Union. The article concludes that the work of the CCC is very important and is getting more and more recognition in recent years, both from formal bodies and the public.

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