“…Finally, descriptive statistics on participation by stakeholders' groups often reflect dummy data with regard to the ability of corporate representatives to organize themselves and defend their interests on a truly global level. Personal observations drawn from a 'research-action' project, devised to support the direct participation of civil society organizations in arenas setting international standards, witnessed a number of cases of unambiguous power plays in which, for instance, the preferences of one representative of an umbrella industry association prevailed over a much larger number of disparate stakeholders' voices (Hauert et al 2016).…”