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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3/401
• Soggetto topico: Voluntarism; Clubs; Social responsibility of business
• Soggetto non controllato: SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
• Altri autori: PotoskiMatthew <1969-> PrakashAseem <1965->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Voluntary programs
• ISBN: 1-282-69472-3; 9786612694721; 0-262-25913-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778539303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II