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SAP 2.60/WP.110
SECTORAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME
Working Paper
Business ethics in the textile, clothing
and footwear (TCF) industries: Codes of conductBy Jean-Paul Sajhau
Working papers are preliminary documents intended to
stimulate discussion and critical commentsInternational Labour Office Geneva
Contents:
With the globalization of the economy and the universal recognition of the enterprise as the driving force of growth, ethical values have an important place in the strategies of the major international firms. An increasing number of enterprises are taking various initiatives to meet the social challenges of globalization. Heads of enterprises, with a sense of social responsibility, are endeavouring to improve the conditions of their employees through innovative personnel policies or by contributing to broader social action against exclusion through measures which sometimes go beyond the framework of their production activities and have a common goal: to highlight the role of the socially responsible enterprise.
The adoption and implementation of "ethical codes" or "codes of practice" comprising a number of principles regulating the internal operation of the enterprise and its relations with its trade partners, and in particular its subcontractors, constitute the most tangible expression of this growing sense of social responsibility of the business world. The purpose of this study is to analyse this phenomenon in the context of the textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) sectors, the increasing global integration of which began several decades ago.
