Ethical trade networks as a catalyst for corporate compliance with human rights

Kirsteen Shields

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41212-7_7

Ethical trade networks as a catalyst for corporate compliance with human rights

Kirsteen Shields^*

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Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

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Abstract

Elaborating on Ethical Trade Networks as a Catalyst for Corporate Compliance with Human Rights, Kirsteen Shields considers why voluntary regulatory efforts channelled by social movements, in particular Fairtrade, may achieve compliance in areas beyond the reach of traditional regulatory methods of international law. Insights from network theory cast light on how ethical trading networks may serve as catalysts for corporate compliance. Moreover the development of transnational voluntary regulation challenges the democratic accountability of traditional methods of international law, whilst bearing its own democratic deficits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Networked Governance, Transnational Business and the Law
Publisher	Springer
Pages	127-142
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642412127
ISBN (Print)	9783642412110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41212-7_7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

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Social Enterprise
Transnational Corporation
Scope Economy
Rainforest Alliance
Ethical Trade

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