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| NGO's are usually non-profit organizations that are formed... |
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| without participation of any government |
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| Civil society organizations |
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| Usually the Ngo forms around a.... |
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| social movement to organize members to a cause |
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1 greenpeace
2 rainforest action network
3 sierra club |
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when NGo activists directly engage private firms with their concerns instead of, or in addition to, trying to influence policy
(replaces legislative and implementation stage) |
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| The normal political issue stages include |
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| development, politicization, legislative, and implementation. all stays within gov't |
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| In private politics the last two stages are placed with... |
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| legislative stage is replaced with... |
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| NGO making direct demands on firms. issue threats (boycotts, or negative pr) and promise reward (PR endorsements or funding) |
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| Implementation Stage is replaced with... |
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| resolution of the NGO-firm dispute. bargaining by the two sides to come to an agreement and may result in firm action, or may agree to disagree |
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| Four factors for the rise of NGO campaign |
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1 Communication Costs are rapidly decreasing
2 Public Trust in corporations is declining
3 Government Bureaucracy is getting thicker
4 Businesses are becoming more global |
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| easier to organize and manage campaigns |
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| easier to sway public opinion against firms |
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| policy option can involve long delays |
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| inter government action is hard to bring together |
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1 How much NGO leverage
2 Reasonableness of demand |
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| What characterizes a good target(6) |
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1 well recognized brand name
2 consumer product firms
3 firms producing products with low switching cost
4 firms that have a leadership position in the industry
5 sometimes the worst offenders are targeted, but not always
6 firms that have shown interest in the NGO's issue in the past |
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| really after own brand and popularity to money, private donations, and volunteers |
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