Transcript Public and Private Parts! (WHOOO)

Public and Private
Parts (Coming
together!!!)
Who’s got to PPP?
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With any luck in the next few years everyone!
Public- Private Partnerships (PPPs) are projects or governance initiatives in
treaty like agreements with both public and private actors
Actors include advocacy groups, companies and corporations, international
institutions like the UN and World Bank, and governments of different
states.
Public-private partnerships are typically voluntary in nature and are
beneficial because they pool the knowledge of different sectors
These partnerships typically arise in areas that would typically be
deadlocked among nations alone because of the difficulties for countries to
agree on rules.
Why is PPP’ing good?
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Great question!
Triple P had helped increase the visibility of its issues while endorsing
informal standards that help diffuse the norms.
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The private actors bring capital the public needs
The partnership provides a shields from criticism.
Public-private partnerships promote participation and make it easier for
stakeholders to get involved.
Where do you PPP?
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Public-private partnerships are used in areas of transportation,
development, delivery of social services including health care, and the
environment
Examples of public-private partnerships are: the World Nuclear
Association, World Commission on Dams, ARPA, Global Alliance for
Vaccines and Immunizations, and hundreds more
Where does (this) PPP come
from?
KOFI ANNAN
The Global Compact
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Spending time with this Dubee will make you smarter. Listen to what he has to say
about the Global Compact:
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http://broadband.ameinfo.com/it/index.asp?videoID=38664&adID=13
January 1999
World Economic Forum
Network of governments, businesses, labor unions, civil
society organizations, and other actors.
Kofi Annan’s missions: a sense of corporate responsibility
to increase engagement in the areas of human rights, labor
right, the environment, and anti-corruption, to increase
the bane of globalization.
The ten points
Why participate?
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It’s voluntary
No financial obligation
Minimal criteria for members to join
Ethical global contribution opportunities
Increase better business and performance standards
Increases transparency in potential investment
opportunities which minimizes risk and builds trust
Appeases stakeholder’s demands for transparency in
one’s business and decreases public critiques
Ability to share business strategies and ideas
Opportunities to increase one’s leadership
Example
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DaimlerChrysler and Germany
Aids, prevention and care, Africa
Institutionalism Pros.
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Unifying organization
Increases transparency
Affilate of the UN
Presence of Public and Private companies
Intuitionalism Cons
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No immediate benefits
Can hurt profits
Does not explain normative aspect
Constructivist Approach
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Constructivism: approach to IR helps explain what Realism &
Classical Liberalism often miss.
Constructivism: a company would forfeit millions by signing Global
Compact instead of exploiting human rights, for example.
It explains that norms have changed over time (at the beginning of the
20th century, Global Compact would have been near impossible)
International norms have moved in a moral/humane direction,
especially in last few decades (human rights, labor rights,
environment)
Undermine to Constructivist approach: member companies of
Compact may have had ulterior motives for signing.
Companies WHAT!
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Volvo, Bayer, BMW, Cisco Systems, Carrefour,
Deutsche Bank, Gap, Hewlett-Packard,
Mitsubishi, Nike, Nestle, Pfizer, Royal
Dutch/Shell, Starbucks, Toshiba, and Volkswagen
Which is better
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Clearly constructivism is better
This theory focuses on social norms
The focus of the Global Compact is not centered on
creating institutions that change globalization, or on
hastening peace between nations, but the norms that
surround that which is moral and immoral in the world of
business
Constructivism explains the emphasis on the want to
better the world through norms placed in the workplace
and further understanding and Human Rights expansion
there
Contd’
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Also, institutionalism would not allow one to understand
why the business would acquiesce to lesser profit margins
to support these causes.
Constructivism explains why they would do so –to
support a moral code of human rights, a better
environment, a better world overall, whereas
Institutionalism would not, considering its basic
assumption of Realist ideology (looking out solely for
your own interests.
While inter-state actions are important, as explained by
Institutionalism, it is, in fact, the norms that are the most
progressive and uniting factor within the Compact that
makes Constructivism the better theory.
Questions
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Could the global compact potentially be a façade
of corporate responsibility to appease critics of
globalization?
What do you think the implications of giving
business men a larger role in global politics are?