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Codes of conduct and standard setting in the forest sector: constructing markets for democracy?

In an age of globalization, there is a growing perception that state regulatory instruments may be an inadequate means of regulating firm conduct. Increasingly, scholars are evaluating how corporate codes of conduct may operate as regulatory mechanisms. This article examines competing codes of conduct in the forest sector. Through a...

Tags: certification, chamber, DES, diffusion, Environmental, IKEA, innovation, M., monitoring, NETWORKING, O'Rourke, Quality, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, standards, Strategy, supplier

Research articles 2004-01-01

High Point, N.C., Mall Courts Changes.

By Michele Abbott, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--More changes are ahead at High Point Mall as plans for the former site of the ABC liquor store take shape. The ABC store has recently moved from the...

Tags: ABC Inc., FINANCE, O'Rourke, SOFTWARE

Research articles 2003-04-15

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, Terry Southern, Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Hunter Thompson . . . P. J. O'Rourke? "New journalism" is a style popular among budding journalists because it allows the writer and his opinions to be part of whatever story he happens to be reporting. The danger...

Tags: Government, intrusion, Manufacturing, NETWORKING, O'Rourke, parity, SECURITY, Thompson, U.S. Government

Research articles 1991-08-26

Rational Lampoon; finally, P.J. O'Rourke breaks from the right-wing bad boys - Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

This is a much better book* than I would ever have expected. Its strengths reflect well on the author himself Its weaknesses are mainly those of a genre O'Rourke has let himself fall into, one he should begin crawling out of as soon as he can. The genre in...

Tags: Components, congressman, FINANCE, Government, HARDWARE, IBM Corp., MARKETING, Modems, O'Rourke, TVs, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, welfare

Research articles 1991-07-01

P.J. O'Rourke on Rights and Responsibilities

P.J. O'Rourke on Rights and ResponsibilitiesRE: P.J. O'Rourke on Rights and ResponsibilitiesIt's a great quote but it's too bad that so many high-level corporate types take the first part "to do as they please" to heart and then fail to take the second part to heart as well, "the duty...

Tags: Self-Interest, Human Rights, O'Rourke, P.J.

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Is O'Rourke O'Wrong?

Is O'Rourke O'Wrong?RE: Is O'Rourke O'Wrong?It seems to me, by reading the responses posted on this follow-up, that many people got so caught up in the first sentance that they didn't acknowledge the balance given by the second.I believe that we all act without exception according to our greatest desires...

Tags: O'Rourke, O'Rourke O'Wrong

Discussion threads 2008-08-20