TY - JOUR
T1 - The social licence as a form of regulation for small and medium enterprises
AU - Lynch-Wood, Gary
AU - Williamson, David
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PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Traditional forms of regulation have been criticized for not adequately protecting the environment. Indeed, there is evidence and growing support for the view that societal pressure can act as a social licence which induces 'beyond compliance' behaviour. In exploring this view, the paper (a) outlines the characteristics of the social licence; (b) assesses how these characteristics can influence the environmental behaviour of small and medium enterprises; (c) presents a model which shows that social licence pressures depend on the interplay of a range of factors; and (d) applies the model to explain why societal pressures rarely induce beyond compliance environmental behaviour among small and medium enterprises. © 2007 Cardiff University Law School.
AB - Traditional forms of regulation have been criticized for not adequately protecting the environment. Indeed, there is evidence and growing support for the view that societal pressure can act as a social licence which induces 'beyond compliance' behaviour. In exploring this view, the paper (a) outlines the characteristics of the social licence; (b) assesses how these characteristics can influence the environmental behaviour of small and medium enterprises; (c) presents a model which shows that social licence pressures depend on the interplay of a range of factors; and (d) applies the model to explain why societal pressures rarely induce beyond compliance environmental behaviour among small and medium enterprises. © 2007 Cardiff University Law School.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2007.00395.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2007.00395.x
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0263-323X
VL - 34
SP - 321
EP - 341
JO - Journal of Law and Society
JF - Journal of Law and Society
IS - 3
ER -