Classification societies provide commercial certification services in the maritime sector. In this private role, they issue a certificate attesting that a vessel is built in
accordance with class rules. The services of classification societies gradually expanded to carry out certification services on behalf of flag States. [...]
This article analyses the interplay between private law and large multinational companies in designing polices of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Based on a doctrinal
legal analysis, the article first shows that private law takes a largely facilitative attitude towards CSR self-regulation in the sense that it subjects the enforcement [...]
