E Pluribus Unum? Legitimacy Issues and Multi-stakeholder Codes of Conduct

Regulatory schema has shifted from government to governance-based systems. One particular form that has emerged at the international level is the multi-stakeholder voluntary code of conduct (MSVC). We argue that such codes are not only simply mechanisms by which various stakeholders attempt to gover...

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Authors: Mele, Valentina (Author) ; Schepers, Donald H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2013
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 118, Issue: 3, Pages: 561-576
Further subjects:B United Nations Global Compact
B Voluntary codes
B Stakeholder legitimacy
B Multi-stakeholder codes
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