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 sustainability? This volume examines more than 20 initiatives or institutions associated with different regulatory and development approaches, including the business-friendly corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda, 'corporate accountability' and 'fair trade' or social economy.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2013

ISBN

9781136459351

Edition

Topic

Business

Subtopic

Business General

Index

Business

Front Cover
Business Regulation and Non-State Actors
Routledge studies in development economics
Definition
Title page
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Tables
Boxes
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgement
Acronyms and abbreviations
Introduction
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 development
7 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 Global G.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 Consortium
18 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
24 From non-state regulation to governance? Shifting the site of contestation
Index