@article{1434322,
      recid = {1434322},
      author = {Peter, Adolf,},
      title = {CSR and codes of business ethics in the USA, Austria (EU)  and China and their enforcement in international supply  chain arbitrations /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {This book analyzes the implementation of CSR reporting and  codes of business conduct and ethics in the legal systems  of the USA, Austria and China and their enforcement in  international supply chain arbitrations. The book  demonstrates that long-term profit maximization is  increasingly intertwined with corporate ethics and CSR  policies. In order to prevent window-dressing and  greenwashing, certain control mechanisms and legal  standards are required along the entire supply chain. This  book introduces an ethics and CSR system recommending a  reward-based whistleblowing mechanism, internal oversight  by a CSR and Ethics Committee comprised of independent  board members and at least one sustainability expert, and  an external, independent and comprehensive assurance of CSR  reports provided by auditing firms or newly formed  governmental agencies consisting of certified CSR experts.  The author emphasizes the significance for supply chain  leaders to ensure contractual enforcement of their codes of  business ethics and conduct along the supply chain. Against  this background, the author created a comprehensive  fictitious case scenario covering a supply chain dispute  arising from the breach of the supply chain leaders code of  business conduct and ethics by a lower-tier supply chain  member. The author acknowledges the fact that in most of  the cases the governing law of international supply chain  contracts is English law or law based on English law. Thus,  the author discusses potential contractual claims for  damages arising from a loss of profits caused by a loss of  reputation resulting from violations of core provisions of  the chain leaders supplier code of conduct pursuant to  English law. As international supply chain disputes usually  involve more than two parties, and international  arbitration is the ideal means for the resolution of these  disputes, the book compares the arbitration rules for  consolidations and joinders of some of the most significant  international arbitration institutions: SIAC, ICC, AIAC,  ICDR, VIAC, CIETAC and HKIAC. The book is directed at legal  practitioners, legislators of various jurisdictions, board  members of corporations, ethics and compliance officers,  academics, researchers and students. It is the authors main  goal that the book serves as an inspirational source for  the establishment or the improvement of a corporate ethics  and CSR system preventing window-dressing and greenwashing  and covering the entire supply chain. Furthermore, it is  intended that students develop a deeper understanding for  the enforcement of corporate ethics and CSR policies.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1434322},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6073-0},
}