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Workshop 18 September 2007, Johannesburg Give and Take? Business and Public Policy Making:

Workshop 18 September 2007, Johannesburg Give and Take? Business and Public Policy Making: Insights from the Global and the South African Perspective. Research Project Fostering Regulation? Corporate Social Responsibilityin Countries with Weak Regulatory Capacity

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Workshop 18 September 2007, Johannesburg Give and Take? Business and Public Policy Making:

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  1. Workshop 18 September 2007, Johannesburg • Give and Take? • Business and Public Policy Making: • Insights from the Global and the South African Perspective

  2. Research Project • Fostering Regulation? • Corporate Social Responsibilityin Countries with Weak Regulatory Capacity • Short overview and preliminary findings

  3. Research Question • Assuming that corporate actors have instituted high-level CSR, • Under which conditions does industry committed to CSR demand governmental regulation/implementation • Under which conditions does the demand of CSR firms induce government to introduce higher regulation?

  4. Assumptions • Firms have instituted demanding self-regulation of environmental and health standards • Governments at different levels show a lack of capacity with regard to implementation and enforcement of policies

  5. Key Factors • Firm-specific variables: Size & reputation, NGO pressure yes/no, home country regulation, export to highly or lowly regulated countries, companies provide incentives to government (i.e. pooling of resources) • Sector-specific variables: market structure, weak/strong associations, exit option • Issue-area specific factors: governments face high problem pressure, few/many veto players, coalition building with NGOs/local constituencies

  6. Questions for Discussion • When does business proactively engage with public actors to improve regulation / the provision of common goods? What counts most? • Sector and firm variables • Kind of policy issue • Public actor characteristics • Consider the state as driving actor: When does the state approach business to contribute to the provision of common goods / and under which conditions does business respond?

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