This book explores corporate self-regulation on an international level across three different policy issues—environment, labor, and information privacy.
Source: Washington
Virginia Haufler directed the Project on the Role of the Private Sector in International Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment. She is associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
"Anyone seeking to become better-informed about the changing role of business in the modern world should read this book."
—Debora L. Spar, Harvard Business School
"Breaks new ground in explaining the nature of industry self-regulation in today's globalizing economy. The rich case material makes this book essential reading for understanding the role of business in the 21st century."
—Georg Kell, UN Office of the Global Compact
"Offers a useful framework for assessing the drivers and mechanisms for industry self-regulation and poses a set of questions that policy makers, business leaders, activists, and academics cannot afford to ignore."
—Jane Nelson, International Business Leaders Forum
Former Visiting Scholar
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