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Chapter 7 in Dickson, Loker and Eckman's Social Responsibility in the Global Apparel Industry is entitled "How Manufacturers and Retailers Organize for Social Responsibility: Internally, Collaboratively, and Strategically." The chapter is about how businesses define and practice labor compliance, and how they turn social responsibility into a core business strategy. The authors suggest that public reporting and transparency about corporate social responsibility is one of the ways that businesses strategize social responsibility in general. Businesses also incorporate labor compliance models into their sourcing decisions.
The information in Chapter 7 builds on previous chapters related to organizational learning and change as it applies to shifting towards corporate social responsibility. Therefore, the theories and models discussed and used include those related to organizational learning and change. The five stages of learning that were addressed immediately prior to the Chapter 7 overview include defensive, compliance, managerial, strategic, and civil stages of learning. The first five of those stages occur within the province of the business itself -- that is, internally....
The last of those stages, the civil stage, happens externally and is not just the individual business's strategy but involves a type of collective action among "collaborating businesses and stakeholders," (Dickson, Loker and Eckman 207). In this chapter, the authors discuss the internal, collaborative, and strategic methods and processes of organizational change. After discussing the internal issues (defensive, compliance, managerial, and strategic changes), the authors aim to analyze and evaluate collaborative methods of civil change, which are in many cases more meaningful and long-lasting. There are two types of collaborative initiatives for businesses to adopt a social responsibility model, the authors claim. Those types of initiatives include the multi-stakeholder and business initiatives. Finally, the authors postulate on the responsibilities businesses have to create and maintain at least the image of social responsibility, avoiding much talk about ethics. Issues of power, accountability, and responsibility are discussed within a business strategy framework.
No case analysis was used, but the authors do include a chart that illustrates some of the core concepts. The…
Works Cited
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Dickson, S., Loker, S., & Eckman, M. (2009). Social Responsibility in the Global Apparel Industry, NY: Fairchild Books
Ruf, Cory. "Canadian consumers 'can do a lot' to prevent sweatshop tragedies: McMaster business prof." CBC Hamilton. Retrieved online: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/05/02/hamilton-bangladesh-fire-mcmaster-prof.html
"Sweatshops exist in Montreal, says local not-for-profit director." CBC News. April 28, 2013. Retrieved online: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/04/28/montreal-sweatshop-bangladesh-garment-factory-collapse.html
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