The basic strategy for the fight against child labor has been boycotting efforts followed by labeling practices. This article reviews the development of these practices and their impact on the hand-knotted carpet industry in India. The authors highlight the fact that though labeling has responded to many of the criticisms of boycotts, labeling too has shortcomings related to its rustworthiness in situations where information is highly asymmetrical among stakeholders. The labeling may lack credibility and, thus, arguably, has limited impact on the hand-knotted carpet industry. The article discusses why and how labeling may lack credibility. Since the article is a conceptual assessment and not an empirical study, it draws on other sources for relevant empirical information.
Jérôme Ballet, Augendra Bhukuth, Aurélie Carimentrand. Child Labor and Responsible Consumers: From Boycotts to Social Labels, Illustrated by the Indian Hand-Knotted Carpet Industry. Business and Society, 2011, pp.1-34. ⟨10.1177/0007650311416070⟩ - lien externe. ⟨halshs-00771569⟩ - lien externe
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APA
Ballet, J., Bhukuth, A., & Carimentrand, A. (2011). Child Labor and Responsible Consumers: From Boycotts to Social Labels, Illustrated by the Indian Hand-Knotted Carpet Industry. In Business and Society. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0007650311416070
MLA
Ballet, Jérôme, et al. “Child Labor and Responsible Consumers: From Boycotts to Social Labels, Illustrated by the Indian Hand-Knotted Carpet Industry.” Business and Society, Jan. 2011, https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0007650311416070.
Chicago
Ballet, Jérôme, Augendra Bhukuth, and Aurélie Carimentrand. 2011. “Child Labor and Responsible Consumers: From Boycotts to Social Labels, Illustrated by the Indian Hand-Knotted Carpet Industry.” Business and Society. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0007650311416070.
Harvard
Ballet, J., Bhukuth, A. and Carimentrand, A. (2011) “Child Labor and Responsible Consumers: From Boycotts to Social Labels, Illustrated by the Indian Hand-Knotted Carpet Industry,” Business and Society. Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0007650311416070.
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BALLET, Jérôme, BHUKUTH, Augendra and CARIMENTRAND, Aurélie, 2011. Child Labor and Responsible Consumers: From Boycotts to Social Labels, Illustrated by the Indian Hand-Knotted Carpet Industry [en ligne]. January 2011. Disponible à l'adresse : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0007650311416070