POL380H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: De Jure, Pharmaceutical Industry, Rainforest Alliance
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Rules established by expert bodies prescribing de jure or de facto the quality or performance of a given practice, procedure, or product across two or more borders: basically: voluntary rules, eg. Eco labeling standard; allows companies to show consumers theyre environmentally friendly which would push them to put green frog on it: also differ in terms of who creates them. Standard can be created by a number of diff organizations: ngos, advocacy grups. Ios: purpose-built standard setting organizations, these groups are unelected and unaccountable (re: mnc lecture how no one votes for walmart, standards cant be enforced, standards in our lives, coffee. Rainforest alliance: that producers are paid fare wages etc: electronics. Dolphin safe: minimize dolphin casualties: cocoa. Fairtrade: choc manufacturer following rules that workers paid fair wage. 1/5 globally prodced products have one such label standard. Fair trade: corporations vocal about fair trade, doesn"t work across every industry. Pharmaceutical industry: no voluntary standard for safe pharmaceuticals.
