Business regulation and non-state actors : whose standards? : whose development? / / edited by Darryl Reed, Peter Utting and Ananya Mukherjee-Reed

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451732003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-45936-7; 0-203-12692-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 93
• Altri autori (Persone): Mukherjee-ReedAmanya; ReedDarryl; UttingPeter
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetti: Trade regulation; Industrial policy; International business enterprises - Social aspects; Social responsibility of business; Sustainable development; Non-governmental organizations; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Business Regulation and Non- State Actors Whose standards? Whose development?; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction: multistakeholder regulation from a development perspective; 1 Development and the problematic of non- state regulation; 2 Activism, business regulation and development; 3 Assessing the ETI codes of labour practice; 4 Social Accountability 8000 and socioeconomic development; 5 The International Organization for Standardization; 6 The United Nations Global Compact and development7 The Global Reporting Initiative: promise and limitations; 8 Balanço Social and sustainability reporting in Brazil; 9 The Forest Stewardship Council; 10 ; The Marine Stewardship Council; 11 The GlobalG.A.P.; 12 Global retail accumulation strategies and Wal- Mart's CSR regime; 13 Applying the Atlanta Agreement on child labour in South Asia; 14 The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); 15 Blood diamonds, non- state actors and development: the Kimberley Process and beyond; 16 Peoples' tribunals in Latin America; 17 The Worker Rights Consortium18 International Framework Agreements and development; 19 IFOAM and the institutionalization of organic agriculture; 20 'Fair trade gold': prospects for Africa's artisanal miners; 21 The World Fair Trade Organization: from trust to compliance; 22 Fairtrade International (FLO); 23 Comercio Justo México: potential lessons for Fairtrade?; 24 From non- state regulation to governance? Shifting the site of contestation; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume assesses the achievements and limitations of a new set of non-state or multistakeholder institutions that are concerned with improving the social and environmental record of business, and holding corporations to account. It does so from a perspective that aims to address two limitations that often characterize this field of inquiry. First, fragmentation: articles or books typically focus on one or a handful of cases. Second, the development dimension: what does such regulation imply for developing countries and subaltern groups in terms of well-being, empowerment and sustainabil