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Article

25 Jun 2004

Author:
Jozef De Coster, Ethical Corporation

Can a reputation for enhanced corporate responsibility encouragement save Cambodia’s garment industry?

Cambodia, they say, has a special lifeline: its labour standards image...Nike, who after having retired from Cambodia following a BBC reportage on child labour in 2000, eventually returned. Gap, Wal-Mart, adidas, Levi’s, Banana Republic, Polo, Marks & Spencer, and H & M, may well continue appreciating the positive social image of the Cambodian garment industry, also after 2004.