The Open Corporation: Effective Self-regulation and Democracy

by Christine Parker

Overview

There is no legal or socially responsible action by corporations without self-management of responsibility. This study presents an innovative and realistic proposal for effective corporate self-regulation. Based on extensive fieldwork in Europe, the U.S. and Australia, Christine Parker sets out practical strategies for managers, stakeholders and regulators to build successful self-regulation management systems. The book contributes to policy debates on regulation and deregulation, corporate social responsibility and deliberative democracy from a distinct angle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521152884
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/26/2010
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: corporate self-regulation in the new regulatory state; 2. The potential for self-regulation; 3. Motivating top management commitment to self-regulation; 4. Cultivating self-regulation leadership; 5. Self-regulating methodology and social harmony; 6. The pathologies of self-regulation; 7. Model corporate citizens: the role of self-regulation professionals; 8. The three strategies of 'permeability' in the open corporation; 9. Meta-regulation: the regulation of self-regulation; 10. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"In a lively and challenging work that is light years away from the received wisdom that the corporation is answerable only to the profit motive of its shareholders, Christine Parker seeks to explore the possibility of transforming the corporation from an object of external regulation to a subject capable of self-regulation." Griffith Law Review

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