In this article, we examine how private regulatory initiatives (PRIs) – which define standards for corporate responsibility (CR) issues and sometimes monitor their application by firms – create opportunities and constraints for activist groups aiming to push firms towards more stringent CR activities. Drawing on social movement theory, we conceptualize how private regulation opportunity structures affect such CR‐based activist groups' targets and tactics at both the firm and field levels. At the field level, we argue that both radical and reformative activist groups direct most of their time and resources towards PRIs with comparatively more stringent standards. At the firm level, while radical activist groups are likely to target firms par...
Activist campaigns are likely to increasingly target controlled companies. Studies concerning activi...
Populism is an ideologically fluid political vehicle which increases political risk and forces firms...
Public regulation is increasingly facing competition from “private politics” in the form of activism...
In this article, we examine how private regulatory initiatives (PRIs) – which define standards for c...
Private governance regimes—instances where nonstate actors set rules that govern their behavior and/...
One increasingly important development for which firms need to find innovative solutions is the grow...
Much research on social movements and organizations contends that there is an empirical link between...
This article analyses the interplay between private law and large multinational companies in designi...
Socially oriented shareholder activism is an increasingly important mechanism through which social m...
How effective are multinational companies at improving working conditions in their supply chains? Th...
There is considerable legal scholarship focused on reforming the shareholder primacy model of govern...
This paper situates the field of action known as “corporate social responsibility ” within the theor...
This article explores why companies choose some Corporate Responsibility initiatives over others. Th...
In the last several decades, increasing corporate abuses against labor, human rights, and the enviro...
This book proposes that the responsible business practices of leading companies are significant not ...
Activist campaigns are likely to increasingly target controlled companies. Studies concerning activi...
Populism is an ideologically fluid political vehicle which increases political risk and forces firms...
Public regulation is increasingly facing competition from “private politics” in the form of activism...
In this article, we examine how private regulatory initiatives (PRIs) – which define standards for c...
Private governance regimes—instances where nonstate actors set rules that govern their behavior and/...
One increasingly important development for which firms need to find innovative solutions is the grow...
Much research on social movements and organizations contends that there is an empirical link between...
This article analyses the interplay between private law and large multinational companies in designi...
Socially oriented shareholder activism is an increasingly important mechanism through which social m...
How effective are multinational companies at improving working conditions in their supply chains? Th...
There is considerable legal scholarship focused on reforming the shareholder primacy model of govern...
This paper situates the field of action known as “corporate social responsibility ” within the theor...
This article explores why companies choose some Corporate Responsibility initiatives over others. Th...
In the last several decades, increasing corporate abuses against labor, human rights, and the enviro...
This book proposes that the responsible business practices of leading companies are significant not ...
Activist campaigns are likely to increasingly target controlled companies. Studies concerning activi...
Populism is an ideologically fluid political vehicle which increases political risk and forces firms...
Public regulation is increasingly facing competition from “private politics” in the form of activism...