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ISO 45001 and controversial transnational private regulation for occupational health and safety
Author(s) -
HERASSAIZARBITORIA Iñaki,
BOIRAL Olivier,
IBARLOZA Ander
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/ilr.12163
Subject(s) - documentation , politics , public relations , corporate social responsibility , occupational safety and health , business , accounting , social responsibility , public administration , political science , law , computer science , programming language
Abstract This article analyses the genesis of the ISO 45001 standard on occupational health and safety, a new initiative of transnational private regulation. The authors draw a picture of controversy from interviews with stakeholders involved in its design, approval and initial dissemination, and from a qualitative content analysis of the internal documentation of the committee responsible for its approval. Like its predecessors relating to environmental management – ISO 14001 – and corporate social responsibility – ISO 26000 – this new standard raises serious concerns among stakeholders given that it deals with substantive political, social and legal issues.