Agreements about how to make things better already frequently include NGOs and corporations in various capacities – and sometimes exclude governments altogether. Private groups using everything from satellite imagery (as in forestry) to the unofficial equivalent of on-site inspections (as in human rights) monitor who is abiding by – or violating – what standard of behavior.
确实，有许多办法把问题放到全球议题上。波诺推动非洲发展以及戈尔推动气候变化问题都证明了这一点。有关改进已经经常包括不同身份的非政府组织和公司，有时候干脆就排除政府在外。私有组织利用一切手段，从森林卫星图像到人权问题上相当于非正式的现场视察谁在遵守或者违反行为标准。