Mandatory due diligence for ‘conflict minerals’ and illegally logged timber: emergence and cascade of a new norm on foreign accountability
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- dc.contributor.author Partzsch, Lena
- dc.contributor.author Vlaskamp, Martijn
- dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-26T09:26:56Z
- dc.date.available 2020-02-26T09:26:56Z
- dc.date.issued 2016
- dc.description.abstract The European Union, the United States, and a number of other state actors have adopted policies obliging companies to conduct supply chain due diligence regarding the import of natural resources. While several authors have analyzed the motives of these measures individually, this article provides a broader explanation for their diffusion. In empirical terms, it focuses on ‘conflict minerals’ and illegally logged timber. Building on the classical norm life cycle, the article’s argument is threefold. Firstly, it argues that these mandatory due diligence policies are the result of a new foreign accountability norm concerning the conditions under which natural resources are extracted. Secondly, it shows that the emergence of this norm is the result of strategic framing, in particular by moral entrepreneurs. International NGOs have successfully advocated the foreign accountability norm by placing it within already existing free market norms, instead of provoking open confrontation. Thirdly, in addition to the classical norm life cycle, the article shows that agency has also played a crucial role in the current phase of norm cascade. ‘Fair business’ entrepreneurs benefit from new markets for certified products, such as ‘conflict free’ phones, and their marketing enhances the norm cascade.
- dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the Brigitte-Schlieben-LangeProgram of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts BadenWuerttemberg (Germany) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie SklodowskaCurie grant agreement No 660245.
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- dc.identifier.citation Partzsch L, Vlaskamp M. Mandatory due diligence for ‘conflict minerals’ and illegally logged timber: emergence and cascade of a new norm on foreign accountability. The Extractive Industries and Society. 2016 Jul;3(4):978-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2016.07.003
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2016.07.003
- dc.identifier.issn 2214-790X
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/43717
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof The Extractive Industries and Society. 2016 Jul;3(4):978-86
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/660245
- dc.rights © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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- dc.subject.keyword Accountability
- dc.subject.keyword Conflict
- dc.subject.keyword Minerals
- dc.subject.keyword Norm diffusion
- dc.subject.keyword Norm entrepreneur
- dc.subject.keyword Timber
- dc.title Mandatory due diligence for ‘conflict minerals’ and illegally logged timber: emergence and cascade of a new norm on foreign accountability
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