Reputation and Compliance With International Human Rights Law: Experimental Evidence From the Us and South Korea

Abstract

Past studies suggest that domestic public support for compliance with international human rights law can constrain governments to comply with human rights law. But the question remains: Why does the public care about compliance? Using a series of survey experiments in South Korea and the United States, this study finds that constituents are concerned about compliance in one issue area—such as human rights—because they believe it will affect the country's reputation in other domains of international law. Cross-national survey experiments demonstrate that past noncompliance negatively affects the South Korean public's second-order beliefs about the likelihood of future compliance across different issue areas. However, past noncompliance has a limited impact on the US public's first-order beliefs across different domains.

Case Study on a Potential Application of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis in Assessing Compliance Risks

“…In addition, compliance and trust are highly related (Braithwaite and Makkai 1994;Faizal et al 2017;Wong and Jensen 2020). Thus, compliance affects international and domestic reputation, partnerships, and competitiveness (Castelfranchi et al 1998;Kaminski and Robu 2016;Heidinger and Gatzert 2018;Kim 2019). In contrast, Ayadi et al (2016) indicated that specific regulatory (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 2013) compliance has no association with bank efficiency.…”