02193nam a22003378a 4500 CR9781139086356 UkCbUP 20171019112334.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110511s2012||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139086356 (ebook) 9781107018044 (hardback) 9781107651692 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda JZ4841 .C73 2012 172/.4 23 The Credibility of Transnational NGOs : When Virtue is Not Enough / Edited by Peter A. Gourevitch, David A. Lake, Janice Gross Stein. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). We rely on NGOs to monitor the ethical practices of governments and for-profit firms and to undertake many humanitarian tasks that public and private actors will not do. While we are critical of public and private sector failures, we do not reflect enough on the credibility of the NGOs which take their place. Can we be sure that products NGOs label as child-labor free are in fact so, that the coffee labeled as 'fair trade' is farmed in sustainable ways, or that the working conditions monitored by NGOs are safe and that the wages are reasonable? Can we know that humanitarian organizations are, in fact, using our donations to alleviate human suffering rather than pursuing other goals? This book explores the problems of establishing the credibility of NGO activities as they monitor working conditions, human rights and elections and provide finance through microcredit institutions, development aid and emergency assistance. Gourevitch, Peter A., editor of compilation. Lake, David A., editor of compilation. Gross Stein, Janice, editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107018044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139086356 225028 225028