The CSR Challenges in the Clothing Industry
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https://doi.org/10.12775/JCRL.2016.008Keywords
corporate social responsibility, clothing industry, H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, case study analysisAbstract
The aim of this paper is to study the clothing and textile industry through the prism of the CSR. First of all, it investigates the ways in which companies of this sector deal with the social responsibility issues that are specifically important to the characteristics of the fashion industry. Secondly, the motivators of implementing CSR in the textile and clothing business are identified and analysed. Thirdly, the CSR practices of H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, a wellknown multinational corporation operating in the sector of fashion, are discussed in order to illustrate the theoretical review with the case study approach.References
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