In whose name? The accountability of corporate social responsibility

By J. Bendell. 2005

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Accountability in a Global Economy: The Emergence of International Accountability Standards (2011, unknown): “Bendell (2005), for instance, suggests that many initiatives are driven by what a few large MNCs, Western NGOs and accountants as well as consultants push for.”
Corporations and NGOs: When Accountability Leads to Co-optation (2011, background): “(Uphoff 1996, quoted from Murphy and Bendell 1999, p. 8). Covey and Brown (2001) use a case to illustrate how co-optation can arise if an NGO enters into a labeling agreement with a corporation: the Canadian grocery chain Loblaws, without being under pressure from the environmental movement or consu”
From Employment Relations to Consumption Relations: Balancing Labor Governance in Global Supply Chains (2014, background): “Although designed to be representative of multiple stakeholder groups, scholars note that the agenda, governance, and standards-setting procedures are often driven by a few, powerful stakeholder groups, with MNCs exerting significant influence (Bendell, 2005; Gilbert et al., 2007).”