Transcript Exploring the Interplay between Business Regulation and Corporate Conduct in India - BRCC, Overview

Exploring the Interplay
between Business
Regulation and Corporate
Conduct in India
(BRCC Project)
Project Overview
National Policy Forum
8th October 2012, New Delhi
Introduction
Implementation
 Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International)
 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
Duration: April 2011 to December 2012
Goal: Stimulate better business to achieve sustainable
development objectives in India
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Objectives
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Evolve a policy discourse involving business and
policymakers to facilitate a policy environment for
promoting business responsibility
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Motivate firms to adopt responsible business behaviour
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Identify regulatory and operational constraints faced by
businesses in select sectors in India and analyse factors
for promoting responsible behaviour in these sectors
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BRCC Project Scheme
Responsible
Optimal
Business
Regulations
- Public
Regulation
(Centre &
State)
- Co-regulation
- Self
Regulation
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Research
Advocacy
Outreach
Capacity
Building
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Corporate
Conduct
Business
Responsibility
(NVGs)
Sectors & States
Sectors:
 Pharmaceuticals
 Private Healthcare
States:
 Andhra Pradesh
 Gujarat
 Himachal Pradesh
 West Bengal
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Research Problem Matrix
Sector
Environment
Marketing and
Distribution
Pharma
• Environmental
Impacts
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Private
Healthcare
• Biomedical
Waste
Management
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Incentive Structures for
Promotion and
Marketing of Drugs
Rationality in Diagnosis
Rational Use of Drugs
Standard Treatment
Protocols
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Activities
Activities
• Launch Meeting
• Two Regional
Dialogues
• Preliminary
literature review
• Strategy Dialogue
• Research Design
meeting
• Literature review
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Results/Deliverables
• Thematic research outline
• Suggested states and sectors
• Finalisation of states and sectors
• Sectoral analysis framework (using
NVGs)
• Identification of research problems
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Activities
Activities
• Fact finding visits in
states
• Refinements of
research problems
• State inception
meeting
• Interaction with
state level
stakeholders
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Results/Deliverables
• Fact finding visit reports
• State specific information’s
• Critical research questions finalisation
• Guidance note for field research
• Selection of key respondents groups
• Survey scheme (3 phases)
• Survey tool finalisation
• Terms of Reference for state level
reports
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Glimpses
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Outputs
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State Level Findings (Analysis of primary & secondary
data)
State-level policy inputs
National-level policy and practice inputs
Synthesis Report
Capacity Building of sector-specific stakeholders
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Expected Outcomes
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A methodology for assessment of determinants for promoting
responsible business in other sectors
Sector-specific NVGs (Pharma and Private Healthcare)
State-level policies for promoting responsible business in the
sector(s)
Evolution of an environment for better (and more informed)
attention to responsible business issues at the national level
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Thank You!
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