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The significant changes in state-market relations that have characterized the contemporary era of globalization and economic liberalization are particularly evident in the arena of corporate social responsibility (CSR).1 Here we see ‘softer’, voluntary approaches to business regulation being promoted in an attempt to improve aspects of company performance that relate to social and sustainable development and human rights. Such approaches are often designed by business interests and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and couched in a discourse that proclaims their superiority in relation to legalistic, ‘harder’ approaches involving state actors.
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- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
- Global Compact
- Corporate Environmental Responsibility
- Voluntary Approach
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Utting, P. (2008). Rearticulating Regulatory Approaches: Private-Public Authority and Corporate Social Responsibility. In: Rittberger, V., Nettesheim, M., Huckel, C. (eds) Authority in the Global Political Economy. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230584297_10
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