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

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"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 c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beckers, Anna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.
Colección:International studies in the theory of private law ; 12.
Temas:
Social responsibility of business.
Business enterprises > Law and legislation.
Commercial law.
Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale.
Company, commercial & competition law.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
Business enterprises > Law and legislation
Commercial law
Social responsibility of business
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 ArgumentPart 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 Contracts3.1.1.2. 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 Contracts3.1.4.2. 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 Benefits3.2.3.3. 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

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