Business Regulation and Non-State Actors : Whose Standards? Whose Development?

ISBN-13: 9780415593113 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 346 str.

Ananya Mukherjee Reed; Darryl Reed; Peter Utting

Opis

The emergence of an increasingly global economy has involved changes in production, improvements in technology, and the liberalization of international trade and finance. Critics of neoliberalism are concerned that in the new economic environment, many firms do not act responsibly, failing to play by the spirit of market rules or to live up to their obligations to key stakeholder groups. Furthermore there is not the same economic institutions and legal frameworks in place in the international realm that we have in the domestic realm to ensure that the economy functions in line with basic principles of market competition.

In this context of contestation about the desirability of the neoliberal variant of globalization, there has been a sharp rise of non-state regulatory initiatives. This book investigates the manner in which and the degree to which non-state initiatives that regulate the activities of business contribute to inclusive development, especially the development prospects of the most vulnerable sectors of society. The collection includes a variety of individual cases as well as some theoretical and comparative pieces.

Spis treści

Introduction: Multistakeholder Regulation in a Development Perspective Peter Utting  1. Development and the Problematic of Non-State Regulation Darryl Reed  2. Activism, Business Regulation and Development Peter Utting  3. Assessing the ETI Codes of Labour Practice Stephane Barrientos and Sally Smith  4. Social Accountability 8000 and Socioeconomic Development Andreas Rasche and Dirk Ulrich Gilbert  5. The International Organizaiton for Standardization Stepan Wood  6. The United Nations Global Compact and Development Catia Gregoratti  7. The Global Reporting Initiative: Promise and Limitations David L. Levy and Halina Szejnwald Brown  8. Balanço Social and Sustainability Reporting in Brazil Eduardo R. Gomes and Ana Maria Kirschner  9. The Forest Stewardship Council Graeme Auld and Benjamin Cashore  10. The Marine Stewardship Council Graeme Auld  11. The Global G.A.P. Agni Kalfagianni and Doris Fuchs  12. Global Retail Accululation Strategies and Wal-Mart's CSR Regime Ngai-Ling Sum  13. Applying the Atlanta Agreement on Child Labour in South Asia Peter Lund-Thomsen and Khalid Nadvi  14. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Carola Kantz  15. Blood Diamonds, Non-State Actors and Development: The Kimberley Process and Beyond Ian Smillie  16. Peoples' Tribunals in Latin America Marcelo Saguier  17. The Worker Rights Consortium Don Wells  18. International Framework Agreements and Development Nikolaus Hammer  19. IFOAM and the Instiutionalization of Organic Agriculture René Audet and Corinne Gendron  20. 'Fair Trade Gold': Prospects for Africa's Artisanal Miners Gavin Hilson and Paul Kamlongera  21. The World Fair Trade Organization: From Trust to Compliance Eileen Davenport and William Low  22. Fairtrade International (FLO) Darryl Reed  23. Comercio Justo México: Potential Lessons for Fairtrade? Alistair M. Smith and Francisco VanDerHoff Boersma  24. From Non-State Regulation to Governance? Shifting the Site of Contestation Darryl Reed and Ananya Mukherjee-Reed