Values in translation: human rights and the culture of the World Bank
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In: Stanford studies in human rights
In: Law & ethics of human rights, Volume 17, Issue 1, p. 45-65
ISSN: 1938-2545
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This article analyzes the use of crowdsourcing to promote corporate sustainability by assessing compliance with supply chain disclosure laws. It draws on a case study of WikiRate.org as a novel example of crowdsourcing compliance with respect to the UK Modern Slavery Act and U.S. conflict minerals legislation (section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act). WikiRate is an open research platform whose mission is to crowdsource better companies by motivating corporations to be transparent about their environmental, social, and governance performance. In particular, WikiRate's projects on modern slavery and conflict minerals harness the power of citizens to evaluate the quality of corporate disclosures produced in accordance with these laws.
Following an analysis of its projects on modern slavery and conflict minerals, I evaluate the challenges of using crowdsourcing to assess legal compliance, including the potential manipulation of data and the difficulty of relying on non-expert citizens to assess complex information in corporate disclosures. I argue that one must identify the appropriate "crowd" that would be most capable of assessing compliance with a given law. While crowdsourcing platforms such as WikiRate invite a broad range of stakeholders to assess compliance, the reality is that only a limited set of individuals may be able to meaningfully participate given the complexity of supply chain disclosures. Thus, "expertsourcing" may be a more appropriate tool for assessing compliance with certain laws as it limits participation to citizens with specialized expertise.
In: Law &; Ethics of Human Rights, Vol. 17 (;Forthcoming 2023);
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In: Law and Social Inquiry, Volume 45, p. 1027
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In: University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Volume 39, Issue 1, p. 73
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In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Volume 108, Issue 2, p. 362-365
ISSN: 2161-7953
In: American journal of international law, Volume 108, Issue 2, p. 362-364
ISSN: 0002-9300
In: Virginia Journal of International Law, Volume 54, p. 97
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In: Mirrors of Justice: Law and Power in the Post-Cold War Era (Kamari Clarke & Mark Goodale eds., Cambridge University Press, 2009)
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In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Volume 103, Issue 4, p. 647-683
ISSN: 2161-7953
Why do international institutions behave as they do? International organizations (IOs) have emerged as significant actors in global governance, whether they are overseeing monetary policy, setting trade or labor standards, or resolving a humanitarian crisis. They often execute international agreements between states and markedly influence domestic law, which makes it important to analyze how international institutions behave and make policy. Conducting an ethnographic analysis of the internal dynamics of IOs, including their formal and informal norms, incentive systems, and decision-making processes, can usefully aid in understanding institutional behavior and change. This article analyzes the organizational culture of one particularly powerful international institution—the World Bank (the Bank)—and explores why the Bank has not adopted a human rights policy or agenda.
In: American journal of international law, Volume 103, Issue 4, p. 647-683
ISSN: 0002-9300
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In: Proceedings of the annual meeting / American Society of International Law, Volume 102, p. 71-74
ISSN: 2169-1118
In: Harvard international law journal, Volume 48, Issue 2, p. 441-482
ISSN: 0017-8063
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In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Volume 98, Issue 2, p. 398-401
ISSN: 2161-7953
In: Harvard political review, Volume 25, Issue 2, p. 24-27
ISSN: 0090-1032