Does industry self-regulation reduce pollution? Responsible Care in the chemical industry

Industry Self-regulation without Sanctions: the Chemical Industry's Responsible Care Program

Forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal We are indebted to the many people who have contributed to this project. Alfred Marcus and the three anonymous reviewers provided extremely insightful, detailed, and helpful comments. Myles Shaver and Jennifer Nash generously provided their expertise and creativity. Jennifer Howard and John Ehrenfeld also provided extensive criticism and incite. ...

Control of Pollution in the Chemical Industry

Chemical Manufacturing Industry Pollution Prevention

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Industry self regulation of television food advertising: responsible or responsive?

INTRODUCTION This study evaluated the impact of the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) self-regulatory initiative on unhealthy food marketing to children, introduced in January 2009. The study compared patterns of food advertising by AFGC and non-AFGC signatory companies in 2009, 2007 and 2006 on three Sydney commercial free-to-air television channels. METHODS Data were collected acro...

Industry Self-regulation

One potential list of candidates starts with the world‘s top 100 economies. The list begins with some familiar names –the European Union, the United States, China, and Brazil. Certainly all will have a role to play, but one can easily envision barriers each might face. Then somewhere around the 12th rank an odd thing occurs: the names shift from those of nations to those of corporations. For th...