Making global self-regulation effective in developing countries /
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Dana L. Brown and Ngaire Woods.
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New York :
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Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
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1 online resource (x, 271 pages) :
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illustrations
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Public administration and public policy ;
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126
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover -- 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 Economies -- 7. 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Last Page.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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Making global self-regulation effective in developing countries.