"Clean Clothes Campaign: Code of Labour Practices for the Apparel Industry including Sportswear, 1998" [2005] ELECD 263; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 40

Section Title: Clean Clothes Campaign: Code of Labour Practices for the Apparel Industry including Sportswear, 1998

Number of pages: 10

Extract:

40. Clean Clothes Campaign: Code of Labour
Practices for the Apparel Industry including
Sportswear, 1998

Commentary: The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC, www.cleanclothes.org) is a
global network of more than 200 NGOs, trade unions and individuals with an interna-
tional secretariat located in Amsterdam. The Code of Labour Practices seeks to
improve working conditions in the global garment and sportswear industries. On the
history of the Code, see Ascoly N. and Zeldenrust I. (1999), `The Code Debate in
Context: A Decade of Campaigning for Clean Clothes', working paper, The
Netherlands (available at www.cleanclothes.org/codes/99-3-11.htm, 2 May 2005). See
also, Ascoly N., Zeldenrust I. and Oldenziel J. (2001), `Overview of recent developments
on monitoring and verification in the garment and sportswear industry in Europe',
Center for Research on MNCs, Amsterdam, 2nd edn (www.somo.nl). For a compara-
ble initiative, see the American Apparel Manufacturers Association (1997), Worldwide
Responsible Apparel Production Principles, Arlington, VA (www.wrapapparel.org). For
comment, see Sajhau J.P. (1997), `Business Ethics in the Textile, Clothing and Footwear
(TCF) Industries: Code of Conduct', ILO Doc SAP 2.60/WP. 110.




Part I Introduction

Statement of Purpose
The Clean Clothes Campaign is dedicated to advancing the interests of workers in the
apparel and sportswear industry and the concerns of consumers who purchase products made
and sold by this industry. The Campaign seeks an end to the oppression, exploitation and
abuse of workers in this industry, most of who are women. The ...