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Author Haufler, Virginia, 1957-

Title A public role for the private sector : industry self-regulation in a global economy / Virginia Haufler
Published [Washington, D.C.] : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 160 pages)
Contents Foreword / Jessica T. Mathews -- Public and Private Interests in Global Regulation: An Overview of the Issues -- The Context for Industry Self-Regulation -- Globalization and Changes in the Character of Business -- A Survey of International Regulation of Multinational Corporations -- Factors Driving Industry Self-Regulation: Risk, Reputation, and Learning -- The Case of International Environmental Protection -- Environmental Codes, Management Systems, and Programs -- Risk, Reputation, and Learning -- Enforcement, Accountability, and Participation -- The Case of Labor Standards Abroad -- Codes of Conduct, Ethical Trade, and Monitoring Programs -- Risk, Reputation, and Learning -- Consensus, Enforcement, and Accountability -- The Case of Information Privacy -- Industry Self-Regulation, Privacy Codes, and New Technology -- Risk, Reputation, and Learning -- Enforcement, Certification, and Accountability -- The Evolution of New Global Rules -- The Cases: Environment, Labor, and Information -- The Challenges of Industry Self-Regulation -- Industry Self-Regulation and Global Governance
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-146) and index
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Subject Social responsibility of business.
Business ethics.
International business enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects
Corporations -- Moral and ethical aspects
International business enterprises -- Social aspects.
International business enterprises -- Environmental aspects
Globalization.
Labor laws and legislation.
Data protection -- Law and legislation.
Foreign trade regulation.
Environmental law.
globalism.
environmental law.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
Business ethics
Corporations -- Moral and ethical aspects
Data protection -- Law and legislation
Environmental law
Foreign trade regulation
Globalization
International business enterprises -- Environmental aspects
International business enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects
International business enterprises -- Social aspects
Labor laws and legislation
Social responsibility of business
Multinationales Unternehmen
Unternehmensethik
Selbstregulation
Soziale Verantwortung
Autorégulation (Droit)
Entreprise multinationale.
Mondialisation.
Morale des affaires.
Norme du travail.
Réglementation.
Responsabilité environnementale.
Responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise.
Secteur privé
Sécurité des données.
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS.
MORAL ASPECTS.
BUSINESS ETHICS.
FOREIGN TRADE.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LEGISLATION.
DATA PROTECTION.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780870033377
0870033379
0870031767
9780870031762