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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451909603321

Titolo

Making global self-regulation effective in developing countries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dana L. Brown and Ngaire Woods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-15056-8

9786611150563

0-19-152855-2

1-4356-2239-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownDana L

WoodsNgaire

Disciplina

338.8/881724

Soggetti

Industries - Self-regulation - Developing countries

International business enterprises - Government policy - Developing countries

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

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1. Making Corporate Self-Regulation Effective in Developing Countries; 2. Do Voluntary Standards Work Among Governments? The Experience of International Financial Standards in East Asia; 3. Do Voluntary Standards Work Among Corporations? The Experience of the Chemicals Industry; 4. Making Disclosure Work Better: The Experience of Investor-Driven Environmental Disclosure; 5. Bringing in Social Actors: Accountability and Regulation in the Global Textiles and Apparel Industry

6. Responsive Regulation and Developing Economies7. Using International Institutions to Enhance Self-Regulation: The Case of Labor Rights in Cambodia; 8. Local Politics and the Regulation of Global Water Suppliers in South Africa; 9. Self-Regulation in a World of States; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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? The chapters in this volume evaluate the



effectiveness of self-regulation compared to other forms of global regulation. - ;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 behaviou