01846nas a2200145   4500008004100000245007800041210006900119260002100188300001100209490000700220520137200227653001701599100001701616856006701633       2016                        eng d00aAntitrust and Socially Responsible Collaboration: A Chilling Combination?0 aAntitrust and Socially Responsible Collaboration A Chilling Comb  aMalden, MAc2016  a97-1440 v533 aBusinesses are increasingly using collaboration to address concerns about sustainability, transparency, human rights, and labor conditions in global markets. Such collaborations include the development of certifications and standards, the sharing of information about factories and suppliers, and agreements to share facilities, like less than full delivery trucks. Yet at the same time, federal antitrust policies broadly prohibit agreements that restrain trade or commerce, creating the potential for innovative collaborations to result in legal prosecution. This article applies antitrust law to socially responsible and sustainable business collaboration in an effort to determine whether antitrust law chills potentially beneficial agreements. The article concludes that careful structuring of agreements can avoid many antitrust violations, but also finds that certain types of agreements, including those that could have the most impact on scarce resources and vulnerable commodity producers, are forbidden. Accordingly, this article argues that per se rules forbidding certain practices, including price fixing and resource sharing, be reconsidered in light of current economic and environmental conditions. It also questions certain assumptions about the benefits of competition in light of current environmental, human rights, and sustainability challenges.10aBusiness Law1 aScott, Inara  uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ablj.12073/abstract