Global Policies and Local Practice: Loose and Tight Couplings in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives
This paper extends scholarship on multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) in the context of corporate social responsibility in three ways. First, I outline a framework to analyze the strength of couplings between actors participating in MSIs. Characterizing an MSI as consisting of numerous local networ...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2012
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Business ethics quarterly
Año: 2012, Volumen: 22, Número: 4, Páginas: 679-708 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Multi-stakeholder initiatives
B local networks B Gobierno global B Responsabilidad social de la empresa B loose coupling B network theory |
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| Sumario: | This paper extends scholarship on multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) in the context of corporate social responsibility in three ways. First, I outline a framework to analyze the strength of couplings between actors participating in MSIs. Characterizing an MSI as consisting of numerous local networks that are embedded in a wider global network, I argue that tighter couplings (within local networks) and looser couplings (between local networks) coexist. Second, I suggest that this coexistence of couplings enables MSIs to generate policy outcomes which address the conditions of a transnational regulatory context. I argue that MSIs’ way of organizing enables them to cope with three challenges: the stability, flexibility, and legitimacy of governance. Reflecting on these challenges, the article identifies a number of problems related to MSIs’ role in transnational governance. Third, I discuss the UN Global Compact as an illustrative case and examine problems and opportunities related to its stability, flexibility, and legitimacy. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-3326 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Business ethics quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/beq201222444 |