A Public Role for the Private Sector: Industry Self-Regulation in a Global Economy

摘要: Increasing economic competition combined with the powerful threat of transnational activism are pushing firms to develop new political strategies. Over past decade a growing number corporations have adopted policies industry self-regulation --corporate codes conduct, social and environmental standards, auditing monitoring systems. A Public Role for Private Sector explores phenomenon through three different cases --environment, labor, information privacy --where corporate leaders appear be converging on as appropriate response competing pressures. Political risks, reputational effects, learning within business community all influence adoption self-regulatory strategy, but there wide variations in strength character it across industries issue areas. Industry raises significant questions about place private sector regulation governance, accountability, legitimacy power at time rapid globalization.