Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility跨国公司与公司社会责任:国际法的局限性与机会

分類: 图书,进口原版书,经管与理财 Business & Investing ,
作者: Jennifer A. Zerk著
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出版时间: 2006-11-1字数:版次: 1页数: 339印刷时间: 2006/11/01开本: 16开印次: 1纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780521844994包装: 精装编辑推荐
作者简介:Formerly an energy law specialist with a major London firm, Dr Zerk now works as an independent researcher and consultant, advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of 'corporate social responsibility'.
内容简介
The 'corporate social responsibility' ('CSR') movement has been described as one of the most important social movements of our time. This book looks at what the CSR movement means for multinationals, for states and for international law. International law is often criticized for being too 'state-centred', and ill-equipped to deal with the challenges of globalization. However, drawing from many and varied examples of state, NGO and corporate practice, this book argues that, while international law has its limitations, it presents more opportunities for the CSR regulation of multinationals than many people assume. The main obstacles to better regulation are, therefore, not legal, but political.
目录
Preface
Table of treaties, declarations and other international instruments
Table of cases
Table of statutes and statutory instruments
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part Ⅰ Regulatory issues and problems
1 Multinationals and corporate social responsibility: a new regulatory agenda
Why are people so concerned about multinationals?
The rise of the CSR movement
Defining 'corporate social responsibility'
Regulation in a deregulatory era
Corporate social responsibility and human rights
Designing regulatory responses: some persistent problems
Conclusion
2 Multinationals under international law
What is international law?
Who makes international law?
The concept of international legal personality
Multinationals and human rights
The role ot non-state actors
Conclusion
3Multinationals under national law: the problem of jurisdiction
The limits of jurisdiction under public international law
The limits of jurisdiction under private international law
Extraterritorial CSR regulation of multinationals: time for a rethink?
An alternative definition of 'extraterritoriality'
Conclusion
Part Ⅱ Home state regulation of multinationals
4New directions in extraterritorial regulation of CSR standards
Defining the 'home state'
Why do 'home states' have an interest in the foreign CSR standards of multinationals?
Extraterritorial regulatory techniques: recent state practice
Home state CSR initiatives under international law
Conclusion
5Private claims for personal injury and environmental harm
Tort-based claims
The US Alien Tort Claims Act ('ATCA')
Theories of parent company liability
Parent company liability and the relevance of the organisational form
Implications for international law
Conclusion
Part ⅢInternational regulation of multinationals
6 Towards an international law of CSR?
International CSR standards for multinationals: a brief history
7 Multinationals and CSR: limitations and opportunities in international law
Bibliography
Index