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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778539303321

Titolo

Voluntary programs : a club theory perspective / / edited by Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

1-282-69472-3

9786612694721

0-262-25913-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PotoskiMatthew <1969->

PrakashAseem <1965->

Disciplina

306.3/401

Soggetti

Voluntarism

Clubs

Social responsibility of business

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; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Voluntary Clubs; I Theories of Voluntary Clubs; 2 A Club Theory Approach to VoluntaryPrograms; 3 Clubs, Credence Standards, and Social Pressure; 4 An Economics Perspective on Treating Voluntary Programs as Clubs; II Industry and International Clubs; 5 The Kimberley Process, Club Goods, and Public Enforcement of a Private Regime; 6 Standards for Sweatshops; 7 Voluntary Agreements and the Shipping Industry; 8 Technical Standards as Public and Club Goods?; 9 How Universal Are Club Standards?; III Governmental and NGO Clubs; 10 Green Clubs

11 Government Clubs12 Self-regulation and Voluntary Programs among Nonprofit Organizations; IV Conclusion; 13 Voluntary Clubs; Notes; References; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses which voluntary business organizations succeed in their socially responsible aims and why by focusing mostly on the rules of the organization.