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Achieving Consensus Despite Apposing Stakes: A Case of National Input for an ISO Standard on Sustainable Wood

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  • Henk J. de Vries

    (Erasmus University, Delft, Netherlands)

  • Beke Winter

    (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

  • Harmen Willemse

    (Netherlands Standaridzation Institute, Delft, Netherlands)

Abstract

Decision-making in many standardization committees is consensus-based, but this can be difficult to achieve if stakeholders have conflicting interests. This article develops an approach to consensus-building in standardization by applying the Harvard method of negotiation to standardization. The authors apply this method in a single case study using action research. The case concerns the first meeting of a national standardization committee aimed at preparing national input for a new ISO standard on sustainable wood. Some stakeholders were in favor of a new standard, others opposed it strongly. Consensus was achieved during the first meeting by adopting the Harvard method and by adding a role play exercise. This outcome is promising for similar standardization cases. Both topic and research method are new in standardization research.

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  • Henk J. de Vries & Beke Winter & Harmen Willemse, 2017. "Achieving Consensus Despite Apposing Stakes: A Case of National Input for an ISO Standard on Sustainable Wood," International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR), IGI Global, vol. 15(1), pages 29-47, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jsr000:v:15:y:2017:i:1:p:29-47
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    1. de Vries, H.J., 2019. "Standardisation Management," ERIM Inaugural Address Series Research in Management EIA 2019-079-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam..
    2. Markus Starkl & Norbert Brunner & Andreas Werner Helmut Hauser & Magdalena Feil & Hamanth Kasan, 2018. "Addressing Sustainability of Sanitation Systems: Can it be Standardized?," International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR), IGI Global, vol. 16(1), pages 39-51, January.

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