National Policy Forum8th October 2012, New Delhi

Exploring the Interplay between Business

Regulation and Corporate Conduct in India

(BRCC Project)

Project Overview

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Implementation Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS

International) Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Duration: April 2011 to December 2012

Goal: Stimulate better business to achieve sustainable development objectives in India

IntroductionIntroduction

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ObjectivesObjectives

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Evolve a policy discourse involving business and policymakers to facilitate a policy environment for promoting business responsibility

Motivate firms to adopt responsible business behaviour

Identify regulatory and operational constraints faced by businesses in select sectors in India and analyse factors for promoting responsible behaviour in these sectors

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Optimal

Business Regulation

s

-Public Regulation (Centre & State)-Co-regulation-Self Regulation

Responsible

Corporate Conduct

Business Responsibilit

y (NVGs)

BRCC Project SchemeBRCC Project Scheme

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Sectors & StatesSectors & States

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Sectors:PharmaceuticalsPrivate Healthcare

States:Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Himachal Pradesh West Bengal

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Research Problem MatrixResearch Problem Matrix

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Sector Environment Marketing and Distribution

Pharma • Environmental Impacts

• Incentive Structures for Promotion and Marketing of Drugs

Private Healthcare

• Biomedical Waste Management

• Rationality in Diagnosis

• Rational Use of Drugs

• Standard Treatment Protocols

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ActivitiesActivities

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Activities Results/Deliverables• Launch Meeting• Two Regional

Dialogues• Preliminary

literature review

• Thematic research outline• Suggested states and sectors

• Strategy Dialogue

• Research Design meeting

• Literature review

• Finalisation of states and sectors

• Sectoral analysis framework (using NVGs)

• Identification of research problems

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ActivitiesActivities

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Activities Results/Deliverables• Fact finding

visits in states

• Refinements of research problems

• Fact finding visit reports• State specific information’s • Critical research questions

finalisation• Guidance note for field

research• Selection of key respondents

groups• State inception

meeting• Interaction with

state level stakeholders

• Survey scheme (3 phases)• Survey tool finalisation• Terms of Reference for state

level reportsBRCC Project

Glimpses

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OutputsOutputs

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State Level Findings (Analysis of primary & secondary data)

State-level policy inputs National-level policy and practice inputs Synthesis Report Capacity Building of sector-specific

stakeholders

Expected OutcomesExpected Outcomes

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A methodology for assessment of determinants for promoting responsible business in other sectors

Sector-specific NVGs (Pharma and Private Healthcare) State-level policies for promoting responsible

business in the sector(s) Evolution of an environment for better (and more

informed) attention to responsible business issues at the national level

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Thank You!Thank You!

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