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Author Beckers, Anna, 1982- author.

Title Enforcing corporate social responsibility codes : on global self-regulation and national private law / Anna Beckers.

Publication Info. Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 428 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series International studies in the theory of private law ; volume 12
International studies in the theory of private law ; 12.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations and Symbols""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. From New York to Bangladesh: The Changing Societal Role of Companies""; ""1.2. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law""; ""1.2.1. The Past: Corporate Social Responsibility and Legal Obligations""; ""1.2.2. Recent Transformations: Globalisation and the Rise of Transnational Corporations""; ""1.2.3. Evolving Global Regulation: Public and Private Codes of Conduct""; ""1.2.3.1. Public Codes of Conduct""; ""1.2.3.2. Private Codes of Conduct""
""1.3. Taking Corporate Codes Seriously: Unfolding the Argument""""Part I: Linking Corporate Codes and National Private Law""; ""2. Comparative Sociological Jurisprudence: A Method for Linking Global Self-regulation and National Private Law""; ""2.1. Global Self-regulation and Functionally Differentiated Private Law""; ""2.2. Global Self-regulation and Territorially Fragmented Private Law""; ""3. Enforcing Corporate Codes by Private Law: The Role of National Contract Law""; ""3.1. Corporate Codes as Enforceable Obligations""; ""3.1.1. The Easy Case: Incorporation into Contracts""
""3.1.1.1. Supplier Contracts""""3.1.1.2. Customer Contracts""; ""3.1.1.3. Contracts on Social and Environmental Compliance""; ""3.1.2. The Comparably Easy Case: The Ancillary Documents""; ""3.1.2.1. General Terms and Conditions""; ""3.1.2.2. Umbrella Agreements""; ""3.1.2.3. Conclusion""; ""3.1.3. The Difficult Case: Public Declarations as Contract Terms""; ""3.1.3.1. A Controversial Case: Doe v Wal-Mart Stores""; ""3.1.3.2. Public Declarations in Contract Interpretation and Supplementation""; ""3.1.4. Taking the Debate to the Next Level: Enforcing Publicly Declared Codes""
""3.1.4.1. Public Declarations as Contracts""""3.1.4.2. Public Declarations as Relied-upon Unilateral Promises""; ""3.1.5. Conclusion""; ""3.2. The Enforceable Obligation and Applicable Remedies""; ""3.2.1. Setting the Scene: University of Wisconsin Madison v Adidas""; ""3.2.2. The Default Rules on Sales Contracts""; ""3.2.2.1. Corporate Codes and Product Characteristics""; ""3.2.2.2. Applicable Sales Law Remedies""; ""3.2.2.3. Conclusion: Corporate Codes and Sales Law""; ""3.2.3. Third Party Rights in Contracts""; ""3.2.3.1. Corporate Codes and Third Party Benefits""
""3.2.3.2. Applicable Remedies for Contracts with Third Party Benefits""""3.2.3.3. Conclusion: Corporate Codes and Contractual Third Party Rights""; ""3.2.4. Corporate Codes as Regulatory Contracts""; ""3.2.5. Conclusion""; ""3.3. Overall Conclusion: Corporate Codes Under Contract Law""; ""3.3.1. The Status of Publicly Declared Codes""; ""3.3.2. The Code Obligation and Applicable Remedies""; ""4. Liability for Breaching Corporate Codes: The Role of National Civil Liability Rules""; ""4.1. The Influence of Corporate Codes on Legal Liability""
Summary "Corporate social responsibility codes are guidelines that companies voluntarily develop and publish with the objective to show the public their commitment to respect human rights, to improve fundamental workplace standards worldwide and to not pollute the natural environment. These corporate codes have become a crucial element in the regulatory architecture for globally operating companies. By focusing on the characteristics of the codes, their effects on society, and their legal consequences, this book seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of corporate codes and the law. Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility Codes develops proposals on the relation between global corporate self-regulation and the national private law systems. It uses methods of comparative law and sociological jurisprudence to argue that national private law can, and in fact should, enforce these codes as genuine legal obligations. The author formulates legal policy recommendations for English and German private law which indicate how the proposed legal enforcement could be practically realised."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Subject Social responsibility of business.
Social responsibility of business.
Business enterprises -- Law and legislation.
Business enterprises -- Law and legislation.
Commercial law.
Commercial law.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Beckers, Anna. Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility Codes : On Global Self-Regulation and National Private Law. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2015
ISBN 9781849469012 (electronic book)
1849469016 (electronic book)
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