| Description |
1 online resource (x, 342 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
Discusses which voluntary business organizations succeed in their socially responsible aims and why by focusing mostly on the rules of the organization. |
| Contents |
A club theory approach to voluntary programs / Matthew Potoski and Asem Prakash -- Clubs, credence standards, and social pressure / David P. Baron -- An economics perspective on treating voluntary programs as clubs / Matthew J. Kotchen and Klaas van 't Veld -- The Kimberley process, club goods, and public enforcement of a private regime / Virginia Haufler -- Standards for sweatshops: the power and limits of the club approach to voluntary labor standards / Tim Bartley -- Voluntary agreements and the shipping industry / Elizabeth R. DeSombre -- Technical standards as public and club goods? Financing the International Accounting Standards Board / Tim Büthe -- How universal are club standards?: emerging markets and volunteerism / Daniel W. Drezner and Mimi Lu -- Green clubs: a new tool for government? / Daniel J. Fiorino -- Government clubs: theory and evidence from environmental programs / Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash -- Self-regulation and voluntary programs among nonprofit organizations / Mary Kay Gugerty -- Voluntary clubs: future prospects / Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-329) and indexes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Voluntarism.
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Voluntarism. |
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Clubs.
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Clubs. |
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Social responsibility of business.
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Social responsibility of business. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Potoski, Matthew, 1969-
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Prakash, Aseem, 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Voluntary programs. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009 9780262162500 (DLC) 2009008122 (OCoLC)314113447 |
| ISBN |
9780262259132 (electronic book) |
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0262259133 (electronic book) |
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9780262162500 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780262662048 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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