The role of deliberative mini-publics in improving the deliberative capacity of multi-stakeholder initiatives

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dc.contributor.authorPek, Simon
dc.contributor.authorMena, Sébastien
dc.contributor.authorLyons, Brent
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-07T19:39:36Z
dc.date.available2023-02-07T19:39:36Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractMulti-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs)—private governance mechanisms involving firms, civil society organizations, and other actors deliberating to set rules, such as standards or codes of conduct, with which firms comply voluntarily—have become important tools for governing global business activities and the social and environmental consequences of these activities. Yet, this growth is paralleled with concerns about MSIs’ deliberative capacity, including the limited inclusion of some marginalized stakeholders, bias toward corporate interests, and, ultimately, ineffectiveness in their role as regulators. In this article, we conceptualize MSIs as deliberative systems to open the black box of the different elements that make up the MSI polity and better understand how their deliberative capacity hinges on problems in different elements. On the basis of this conceptualization, we examine how deliberative mini-publics—forums in which a randomly selected group of individuals from a particular population engage in learning and facilitated deliberations about a topic—can improve the deliberative capacity of MSIs.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research benefited from funding provided through the University of Victoria’s Internal Creative Project and Research Grant program.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPek, S., Mena, S., & Lyons, B. (2022). “The role of deliberative mini-publics in improving the deliberative capacity of multi-stakeholder initiatives.” Business Ethics Quarterly, 1-44. https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2022.20en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2022.20
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14761
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBusiness Ethics Quarterlyen_US
dc.subjectdeliberative democracyen_US
dc.subjectdeliberative mini-publicsen_US
dc.subjectdeliberative systemsen_US
dc.subjectmulti-stakeholder initiativesen_US
dc.subjectprivate regulationen_US
dc.subjecttransnational business governanceen_US
dc.subject.departmentPeter B. Gustavson School of Business
dc.titleThe role of deliberative mini-publics in improving the deliberative capacity of multi-stakeholder initiativesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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