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Enhancing workplace standards in cotton garment manufacturing: analyzing fairtrade and global organic textile standards in India
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2025) Kadyan, Sneha, author; Raynolds, Laura, advisor; Taylor, Pete, committee member; Luna, Jessie, committee member; Snodgrass, Jeffrey, committee member
Historically, the cotton garment trade has been characterized by internationally exploitative relationships. Within this context, voluntary certifications have sought to improve the working lives of cotton factory garment workers around the world. This study focuses on the case of India, which is a major global producer of cotton garments with substantial problems in ensuring sound workplace standards for workers. It examines the development and role of voluntary certification as transnational multistakeholder governance frameworks that seek to advance sustainable development in international trade. This research uses qualitative methodology to examine the role of voluntary standards from the perspective of managers, analyzing the complexities in the adoption and implementation of two well-known voluntary standards, namely, Fairtrade International Textile Standard and Global Organic Textile Standard within garment factories in India. It highlights the evolutionary growth of these standards in India, their potential and contribution to sustainable production and manufacturing, and the role of responsible leadership in global trade. By highlighting how voluntary certifications are operationalized in real world settings, this study contributes to the growing literature on the purpose and impact of voluntary standards in garment factories in India.
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The face behind your shirt! Global governance: the role of government and Fair Trade Initiative in cotton textile industry in India
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2017) Kadyan, Sneha, author
Globalization in the world’s economic order is critically dependent upon the confluence of economic exchange among different parts of the world. In such liberalized world economies, production for export is the key to success. However, there is lack of research on the recent developments in this sector that examine both social and environmental sustainability in how products are produced, exchanged and consumed. Assessing the impact of these global transformations, adopting an inductive approach to data analysis, I looked at fair trade textile industry with an emphasis on the internationally central, sustainable supply chain of cotton production in India.