COVID-19 and global clothing retailers' responsibility to vulnerable workers: NGO counter-rhetoric

IF 4.6 3区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-26 DOI:10.1108/aaaj-08-2020-4794

Nglaa Ahmad, S. Haque, Muhammad Azizul Islam

引用次数: 10

Abstract

PurposeThis article aims to examine how non-governmental organisations (NGOs)' narratives portray the vulnerability of workers in global clothing supply chains during the COVID-19 crisis.Design/methodology/approachThe research analyses the rhetoric in global clothing retailers' and NGOs' counter-rhetoric during the first seven months of 2020.FindingsDuring this period, retailers employed rhetorical strategies to legitimise irresponsible actions (corporate hegemony prevailed), while NGOs embraced forms of counter-rhetoric trying to delegitimise the retailers' logic, stressing the role of neoliberalism in worsening the situation.Originality/valueThe authors contribute to the literature by providing new insight into the consequences of COVID-19 for retailers' neoliberal practices and the livelihood of workers in global supply chains. Findings of this study extend authors’ knowledge about retailers' COVID-19 measures: These have contributed to the plights of workers working for their supply factories in the global South.

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COVID-19与全球服装零售商对弱势工人的责任:非政府组织的反言论

本文旨在研究在2019冠状病毒病危机期间，非政府组织(ngo)如何描述全球服装供应链中工人的脆弱性。该研究分析了2020年前7个月全球服装零售商和非政府组织的反言论。在此期间，零售商采用修辞策略使不负责任的行为合法化(企业霸权盛行)，而非政府组织则采用反修辞的形式，试图使零售商的逻辑合法化，强调新自由主义在恶化局势中的作用。作者通过对COVID-19对零售商的新自由主义实践和全球供应链中工人生计的影响提供新的见解，为文献做出了贡献。这项研究的发现扩大了作者对零售商COVID-19措施的了解:这些措施导致了在全球南方供应工厂工作的工人的困境。

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Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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9.50

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14.30%

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