Standard or Smokescreen? Implementation of a Voluntary Environmental Code
探讨企业自愿环境守则的实施效果，质疑其究竟是真正的标准还是掩盖问题的烟幕弹，对关注企业社会责任与环境治理的学者有参考价值。
According to classical free market doctrine, no more should be expected of a business, even a large business, than that it operate within the law, and the law should protect the autonomy and rationality of the enterprise. After all, it is argued, a firm is the very model of instrumental rationality. However, the social costs of moral indifference—distorted priorities, defrauded consumers, degraded environments, deformed babies—have created an irrepressible demand for enhanced accountability, more external regulation, and a stronger sense of social responsibility.