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

Increasing economic competition and the powerful threat of transnational activism are pushing the private sector to respond with new political strategies. Over the past decade, a growing number of corporations have adopted policies of industry self-regulation such as corporate codes of conduct, social and environmental standards, and auditing and monitoring systems. A Public Role for the Private Sector is the first book to explore this self-regulation phenomenon on an international level across three different policy issues-environment, labor, and information privacy.

Author: Virginia Haufler
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Published: 08/01/2001
Pages: 174
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d
ISBN: 9780870031762

About the Author

Virginia Haufler directed the Project on the Role of the Private Sector in International Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment. She is an associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.