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2a0e6cfdb2eed988d9be814d8c06da84 |
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Date |
2009 |
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repository |
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Is Part Of |
p18322077 |
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abstract |
This publication examines the role of transnational corporations in governance and
critically evaluates the dominant self-regulatory approach of corporate social responsibility
(CSR). By placing the onus for change on the corporation, CSR represents an agent-led
approach to a systemic problem, and as such it is flawed. After distinguishing between
the ideas of CSR and corporate accountability, the latter of which emphasises the
answerability of the corporation to public authorities and citizens, the publication
then offers an original model for the democratic regulation of the corporation. The
model proposes, first, the negotiation of a new corpus of international law to be
agreed by states but ratified by those corporations that wish to trade or invest internationally
and, second, the reinvigoration of the public charter as an active instrument of public
control. The model aims to provide a nested framework within which corporations can
trade and compete, while restoring to local communities final decision making authority
on the conditions under which corporations may, or may not, operate. Some possible
objections to the model are anticipated and addressed. |
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authorList |
authors |
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issue |
4 |
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status |
peerReviewed |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/16259 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/18974 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/2882 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/9399 |
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volume |
5 |
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type |
AcademicArticle |
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type |
Article |
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label |
Humphreys, David (2009). From corporate social responsibility to the democratic
regulation of transnational corporations. International Journal of Environmental,
Cultural, Social and Economic Sustainability, 5(4) pp. 207–218. |
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label |
Humphreys, David (2009). From corporate social responsibility to the democratic
regulation of transnational corporations. International Journal of Environmental,
Cultural, Social and Economic Sustainability, 5(4) pp. 207–218. |
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Title |
From corporate social responsibility to the democratic regulation of transnational
corporations |
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in dataset |
oro |