Globalization and Self-Regulation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Globalization and Self-Regulation write by S. Sethi. This book was released on 2016-02-17. Globalization and Self-Regulation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Corporate strategy expert Prakash Sethi takes an in-depth look at global structures and how regulation works from a corporate perspective, providing case studies of several industries and governments who have begun implementing voluntary codes of conducts, including Equator Principles, ICMM, and The Kimberly Process.
A Public Role for the Private Sector
A Public Role for the Private Sector - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Public Role for the Private Sector write by Virginia Haufler. This book was released on 2013-01-25. A Public Role for the Private Sector available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Increasing economic competition combined with the powerful threat of transnational activism are pushing firms to develop new political strategies. Over the past decade a growing number of corporations have adopted policies of industry self-regulation—corporate codes of conduct, social and environmental standards, and auditing and monitoring systems. A Public Role for the Private Sector explores the phenomenon of industry self-regulation through three different cases—environment, labor, and information privacy—where corporate leaders appear to be converging on industry self-regulation as the appropriate response to competing pressures. Political and economic risks, reputational effects, and learning within the business community all influence the adoption of a self-regulatory strategy, but there are wide variations in the strength and character of it across industries and issue areas. Industry self-regulation raises significant questions about the place of the private sector in regulation and governance, and the accountability, legitimacy and power of industry at a time of rapid globalization.
Reputation Risk and Globalisation
Reputation Risk and Globalisation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reputation Risk and Globalisation write by Terry O’Callaghan. This book was released on 2016-10-28. Reputation Risk and Globalisation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recently, multinational corporations have begun to reinvent themselves as socially responsible actors, largely in response to anti-corporate activist pressure. The author argues that a concern with corporate reputation is leading to an ideational shift in corporate behaviour – in essence, it is disciplining their behaviour. This innovative exploration of the idea of a self-regulating corporation in an era of globalisation first examines the link between corporate reputation, corporate behaviour and self-regulation, and then goes on to compare and contrast various studies of multinational corporations that have sought to self-regulate. Terry O’Callaghan includes a multifaceted critique of anti-corporate activists. This acknowledges both the dangers that multinational corporations pose to communities, and that anti-corporate activists are the first group to understand the potential risk of targeted campaigns to corporate reputations. He also illustrates his points using three case studies of companies that have attempted to self-regulate: Royal Dutch Shell, the Toyota Motor Corporation and Interface Inc. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business, management and business ethics will be interested in the essential topics covered in this book. Academics and practitioners alike will appreciate its accessible lessons about reputational capital and holding multinational corporations accountable.
Making Global Self-Regulation Effective in Developing Countries
Making Global Self-Regulation Effective in Developing Countries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Global Self-Regulation Effective in Developing Countries write by Dana L. Brown. This book was released on 2007-10-04. Making Global Self-Regulation Effective in Developing Countries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As companies 'go global' they increasingly use factories and facilities spread across the world. But who regulates their activities in far flung corners of the world economy? In many sectors such as textiles and apparel, chemicals, and forestry, the answer is that companies regulate their own behaviour through codes and standards which they agree among themselves. The recent growth in corporate self-regulation of labour, environmental and financial practices has attracted the attention of scholars who have detailed the number and content of self-regulatory efforts in various sectors. Missing so far, however, has been an analysis of the effectiveness and impact of self-regulation. Does self-regulation actually work and under what conditions is it most likely to be effective? The answer to this question is particularly important for developing countries where corporate self-regulation is often seen as substitute for weak governance structures. The chapters in this volume evaluate the effectiveness of self-regulation compared to other forms of global regulation. Across sectors and states, corporate self-regulation works best when those who are regulated have a voice in deciding the content of codes and standards and when some mechanism of compliance exists at the level of the state. Unfortunately, opportunities for voice and state capacity for regulation are often lacking in developing countries. Given this, the book suggests some minimal forms of government action and participation by global actors that can make global corporate self-regulation more effective in bettering conditions in the developing world.
Globalization and the Environment
Globalization and the Environment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Globalization and the Environment write by Petra Christmann. This book was released on 2003. Globalization and the Environment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Critics assert that globalization is detrimental to the environment because it encourages location of polluting industries to countries with low environmental regulations. We suggest that globalization might also have positive environmental effects because global ties increase self-regulation pressures on firms in low-regulation countries. Using survey data from firms in China we find that multinational ownership, multinational customers, and exports to developed countries increase self-regulation of environmental performance.
