NGOs: to fight or to flee?

Douglas West

Discusses NGOs (non-governmental organisations and pressure groups), and how companies should respond to them.

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California Management Review: NGOs: to fight or to flee

Debora L. Spar and Lane T. La Mure

Douglas WestUniversity of Westminster

Despite the perception that NGOs (nongovernmental organisations) are a modern (even postmodern) phenomenon, they in fact have a long history dating back 400 years. NGOs organise around ideas generally a collective agreement to some shared belief or principle. What distinguishes them from other organisations is their membership: they are not drawn from government, business, notforprofit or political sectors. Over recent years, NGOs have forced firms to make decisions in new ways and factor in...

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