PO232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Huawei, Byrsonima Crassifolia, Ethnocentrism
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Finishing up from last week: mnes & transnational private regulation. Growing body of rules and regulations for global production created and enforced by non-state actors. Emerge out of concerns over problems that states can"t or don"t regulate, esp. Rms, ngos work (sometimes w states) to create independent bodies that set and enforce regulations. Sheries being driven by over shing and climate change. Fishery standard for sustainability for wild-caught sh: this system works by having shery pay for an exam for certi cation (assessor, however, they don"t pay the msc complicated set-up designed to avoid con icts of interest. If they pass, they can put a label on their products, so you can trust them and product. The idea is to keep ngos and consumers happy = happy companies. Singapore based broadcom wants to buy u. s. computer chip maker qualcomm for.
