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

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

Henk J. de Vries, Beke Winter, Harmen Willemse
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 15 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 19
ISSN: 2470-8542|EISSN: 2470-8550|EISBN13: 9781522516019|DOI: 10.4018/IJSR.2017010103
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de Vries, Henk J., et al. "Achieving Consensus Despite Apposing Stakes: A Case of National Input for an ISO Standard on Sustainable Wood." IJSR vol.15, no.1 2017: pp.29-47. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSR.2017010103

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de Vries, H. J., Winter, B., & Willemse, H. (2017). Achieving Consensus Despite Apposing Stakes: A Case of National Input for an ISO Standard on Sustainable Wood. International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR), 15(1), 29-47. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSR.2017010103

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de Vries, Henk J., Beke Winter, and Harmen Willemse. "Achieving Consensus Despite Apposing Stakes: A Case of National Input for an ISO Standard on Sustainable Wood," International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR) 15, no.1: 29-47. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSR.2017010103

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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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