Institutional Emergence in an Era of Globalization: The Rise of Transnational Private Regulation of Labor and Environmental Conditions1

By Tim Bartley. American Journal of Sociology, 2007

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Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life (2015, critical): “Stringham also seems to be oblivious to the fact that public and private regulations sometimes reinforce each other (Short & Toffel, 2010) and that private regulation, in some cases at least, emerges because some sort of public regulation or governmental support exists (Bartley, 2007).”
From Employment Relations to Consumption Relations: Balancing Labor Governance in Global Supply Chains (2014, background): “The growing anti-sweatshop movement publicly exposed firms’ behavior in a variety of “naming and shaming” campaigns targeting high-profile American companies (Bartley, 2007).”
After Rana Plaza: Building coalitional power for labour rights between unions and (consumption-based) social movement organisations (2015, background): “As scholars have demonstrated (e.g. Bartley, 2007), the mere threat of such activities may suffice to alert companies to avoid inflicting damage on their actual sales or reputation of their brand, which has become a significant intangible asset in the global economy (Lury and Moor, 2010).”
A Review of the Nonmarket Strategy Literature (2016, background): “aspects of nonmarket strategy (Bartley, 2007; Lim & Tsutsui, 2012; Walker & Rea, 2014).”
Trade-offs in Supply Chain Transparency: The Case of Nudie Jeans Co (2015, background): “It is possible, arguably even likely, that firms are unwilling to externally disclose all their internally available information to minimize the risk of “name and shame” campaigns (Bartley, 2007) and disclosure of sensitive material (Doorey, 2011).”
Analyzing (2019, background): “The rise of neoliberal globalization has been accompanied by the growing influence of international organizations (Bartley, 2007; Bandelj et al. , 2011; Ponte et al. , 2011).”
The Political Dynamics of Sustainable Coffee: Contested Value Regimes and the Transformation of Sustainability (2016, neutral): “transnational arena for private regulation (Bartley, 2007; Muradian and Pelupessy, 2005; Reinecke et al., 2012).”
Means versus Ends in Opaque Institutional Fields: Trading off Compliance and Achievement in Sustainability Standard Adoption (2014, background): “NGOs and firms may have shared interests but are also likely to privilege different aspects (Bartley, 2007; Helms et al., 2012).”
Assembling an experimentalist regime: Transnational governance interactions in the forest sector (2014, background): “The emergence of private certification schemes could have led to a highly fragmented regime in which high-standards forest operations joined the FSC for strategic advantage while others looked to weaker schemes to shield themselves from public regulation (Bartley 2007).”
Do codes of conduct improve worker rights in supply chains? A study of Fair Wear Foundation (2015, background): “suppliers (Bartley, 2007; Locke et al., 2007a).”
Mainstreaming Fair Trade Coffee: From Partnership to Traceability (2009, background): “5 Certification has emerged over the past decade as an important vehicle for governing relations within coffee, as in other agricultural and manufacturing sectors (e.g., Bartley, 2007; Cashore, Auld, & Newsom, 2004; Hatanaka & Busch, 2008).”