Actors
What is the main company that is considered responsible for the GVC by the EU in this category?
The lead firm
What was the real life example given in the facilitation and why is it an example of network?
Aldi:
Functions using multiple actors in supply chain (individual farms, packhorses, distributors, logistics) responsibility is shared, success depends on coordination
How does this lens of institutionalization differ from the other two?
Focus is on the product itself instead of company/networks
What is an affordance?
The possibilities of use that a physical or social environment offers” (page 326)
What is an example of the actor lens through EU law?
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Rules (CSRD)
What is an example of the network lens through EU law?
Product safety and liability rules assigned to suppliers, manufactures, producers individually
What is an example of the de-personification lens through EU law?
Determining which goods enter EU under documentation and compliance requirements
Lead firms
Definable relations
Market characteristics
What is this lens favored by
Path Dependency (EU company law already centers regulation on large firms naturally reusing existing categories and tools)
Name one way in which the members within a network end up intertwined in a GVC
"Actors whose role is closer to the consumer also must verify the compliance of previous actors with their obligations" (page 339)
Which type of lawyer prioritizes this lens?
Consumer lawyers (not company lawyers)
What causes fragmentation in EU law?
Different ways of looking at the same law (ex. company/consumer/trade or actor/network/de-personification)
Based on the reading what is one challenge this lens faces?
"Where the law (not the company itself) should draw the boundary of responsibility" (page 334)
Based on the reading what is one challenge of this lens faces
What to include vs. exclude when regulating the value chain
"Manufacturers and importers are included, the place for retailers in the collective has long remained uncertain, and intermediaries that facilitate exchange have long been excluded... This has been the subject of critique" (page 340)
Based on the reading what is first to move the concept of fairness from its consumer and market focus to the reality of value chain trade?
The Directive on Unfair Trading Practices (page 344)
Connect affordances to path dependency:
"In this regard, existing legal categories and path-dependency themselves provide certain invitations of use (affordances!) that make it more akin for value chains to institutionalize in a specific manner in a legal field" (page 327)