Transnational Multi‐Stakeholder Standardization: Organizing Fragile Non‐State Authority
Transnational Multi‐Stakeholder Standardization: Organizing Fragile Non‐State Authority
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跨国多利益相关者标准化:组织脆弱的非国家权威
DOI:
10.1108/14720701211275622
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2012
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S. Sethi
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S. Sethi
In their book, Transnational Multi‐Stakeholder Standardization: Organizing Fragile Non‐State Authority, the authors, Professors Kristina Tamm Hallstrom and Magnus Bostrom, address an important issue of emerging societal concern, ie to bridge the gap between the rise of multinational corporations and the relative weakness of international governance arrangements to provide a semblance of oversight that would protect the commons and minimizes negative externalities inflicted on society by profit making commercial organizations. The concept is that of voluntary self‐regulation wherein different stakeholders, whether representing constituencies of people, eg unions, employers; or constituencies of societal concerns, eg protection of human rights, prevention of environmental degradation.The last two decades have seen a plethora of initiatives with varying level of sponsorship, vested interests, and perceived goals of enhanced common good. These voluntary codes of conduct could be universal in character, eg United Nations Global Compact, industry‐based initiatives, eg Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), ICTI Care (toy industry), or cross‐industry codes that aim to set standards and certify corporate compliance with those standards.