States, NGOs like the Greenpeace, and MNCs are the key players in global environmental affairs. How do these different actors approach global environmental problems?
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States, NGOs like the Greenpeace, and MNCs are the key players in global environmental affairs. How do these different actors approach global environmental problems?
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a. States
i. The problems and solutions are global; states are engineered to take care of themselves
ii. Solutions may require significant costs
iii. International cooperation is required
iv. Free-rider problems
v. Tragedy of the commons
vi. Short time-horizons for most politicians/governments
b. MNCs
ii. Traditionally driven by profit maximization
ii. Who is important?-share-holders
iii. A New Trend from 1990s onwards:
Stake-holders
Corporate Citizens
iv. Corporate Social Responsibility-Corporations are not responsible to only share-holders but also communities and workers in other countries, anything affected
c. NGOs (Greenpeace, etc€¦)
i. Do no have state's resources
ii. But can influence public opinion
a. States
i. The problems and solutions are global; states are engineered to take care of themselves
ii. Solutions may require significant costs
iii. International cooperation is required
iv. Free-rider problems
v. Tragedy of the commons
vi. Short time-horizons for most politicians/governments
b. MNCs
ii. Traditionally driven by profit maximization
ii. Who is important?-share-holders
iii. A New Trend from 1990s onwards:
Stake-holders
Corporate Citizens
iv. Corporate Social Responsibility-Corporations are not responsible to only share-holders but also communities and workers in other countries, anything affected
c. NGOs (Greenpeace, etc€¦)
i. Do no have state's resources
ii. But can influence public opinion
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