Global rule-setting for business: A critical analysis of multi-stakeholder standards
Global rule-setting for business: A critical analysis of multi-stakeholder standards
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DOI：
10.1177/1350508407080305
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
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3
通讯作者：
Kolk, Ans
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作者：
Fransen, Luc W.;Kolk, Ans
在负责任商业行为的全球规则制定领域，近年来出现了多利益相关者标准，因为它们具有有效建立共识、知识共享和利益代表的潜力。支持者还认为，多利益相关者标准可以解决与其他形式的全球商业规则制定相关的问题。然而，尽管有所谓的优点，但对多利益相关的旧举措的分析，考虑到优点和缺点，一直缺乏。本文将多利益相关者标准与过去十年采用的其他协作标准进行比较，并随后重点关注多利益相关者标准在参与、治理和实施方面的特殊性。多利益相关方标准涉及企业和非政府组织，有时还涉及政府，比其他类型的标准更加具体和详细。但监测和实施很少被用作增加多个利益攸关方（尤其是发展中国家的利益攸关方）参与的手段。本文还讨论了当前（多）利益相关者概念缺乏特异性的影响，并建议在狭义与广泛包容性方面完善多利益相关者的旧标准。
In the field of global rule-setting for responsible business behaviour, multi-stakeholder standards have emerged in recent years because of their potential for effective consensus-building, knowledge-sharing and interest representation. Proponents also hold that multi-stakeholder standards could address problems related to other forms of global rule-setting for business. Despite alleged advantages, however, analyses of multi-stakeh older initiatives, considering benefits and drawbacks, have been lacking. This article examines multi-stakeholder standards compared to other collaborative standards adopted in the past decade, and focuses subsequently on the peculiarities of multi-stakeholder standards regarding participation, governance and implementation. Multi-stakeholder standards, which involve business and NGOs, and sometimes also governments, are more specific and well-elaborated than other types of standards. But monitoring and implementation are rarely used as means for increasing participation from multiple stakeholders, including most notably those from developing countries. The article also discusses the implications of the current lack of specificity of the (multi-)stakeholder concept and suggests refinement of m ulti-stakeh older standards in terms Of narrow versus broad inclusiveness.