The paper examines how a domestic institutional environment and third-party compliance assessment shape the effects and effectiveness of certification and labeling. Certification represents a form of transnational non-state market-driven governance of the environmental and social performance of...

Das Grundlagenwerk analysiert erstmals die Vielzahl der unter dem Begriff Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) gefassten normativen Prozesse und unterzieht diese zugleich einer Systematisierung und kritischen Prüfung. Nationales, supranationales und Völkerrecht sowie transnationale...

Introduction -- The international oil industry -- Links between oil and conflict in producing areas -- Corporate social responsibility -- Azerbaijan : oil, conflict, and the business role in peace building -- Angola : oil, conflict, and postconflict reconstruction -- Sudan : oil wealth, civil...