caa a22 4500 60548435X CHVBK 20210128100435.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2252-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2252-2 Corporate Social Responsibility in Garment Sourcing Networks: Factory Management Perspectives on Ethical Trade in Sri Lanka [Elektronische Daten] [Patsy Perry, Steve Wood, John Fernie] With complex buyer-driven global production networks and a labour-intensive manufacturing process, the fashion industry has become a focal point for debates on the social responsibility of business. Utilising an interview methodology with influential actors from seven export garment manufacturers in Sri Lanka, we explore the situated knowledge at one nodal point of the production network. We conceptualise factory management perspectives on the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in terms of the strategic balancing of ethical considerations against the commercial pressures of cost and lead time. Factory managers framed CSR in terms of compliance, rather than going above and beyond regulatory requirements; seeing it as a strategic competitive imperative and less a developmental mechanism. Sri Lankan manufacturers maintain that they have benefitted from a unique combination of factors, including strict national labour laws, an educated workforce, the characteristics of the garments produced, industrial upgrading, and long-term non-adversarial buyer-supplier relationships, which they argue has supported the establishment and maintenance of CSR practices. The paper thus provides managerial implications that relate CSR activities to CSR outcomes which include both reputational and production benefits. Such insights will be of strategic relevance for lead retail buyers as well as apparel producers keen to invest in CSR to partly mitigate against increasing price-based competition. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Corporate social responsibility nationallicence Ethical sourcing nationallicence Retailing nationallicence Sri Lanka nationallicence Supply chain management nationallicence Perry Patsy School of Materials, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK aut Wood Steve Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, GU12 6JZ, Guildford, Surrey, UK aut Fernie John School of Management, University of St Andrews, The Gateway, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9RJ, Fife, UK aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 130/3(2015-09-01), 737-752 0167-4544 130:3<737 2015 130 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2252-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2252-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Perry Patsy School of Materials, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wood Steve Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, GU12 6JZ, Guildford, Surrey, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fernie John School of Management, University of St Andrews, The Gateway, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9RJ, Fife, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 130/3(2015-09-01), 737-752 0167-4544 130:3<737 2015 130 10551