The United Nations global compact : achievements, trends and challenges

Kell, Georg. (Added Author). Rasche, Andreas. (Added Author).

Summary: "'By orders of magnitude, the Global Compact is the world's largest corporate citizenship initiative - and one of the United Nations' true success stories. As such, it deserves a comprehensive analysis. With this book, it has got it. Encyclopedic in scope, the volume touches on all facets of the Global Compact's ideas, ideals, innovative organizational modalities and impact. it will be an indispensable reference work, and an inspiration to global norm entrepreneurs every field, for many years to come. It is a "must -read" for anyone interested sustainable globalization, which includes most if not all of us.'-Professor John G. Ruggie, Harvard University and Special Representative of UN Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights" "Andreas Rasche is Assistant Professor of Business in Society at Warwick Business School and, since 2007, has worked as a consultant to the United Nations Global Compact Office in New York. He received his Ph. D. in Strategic Management and Corporate Responsibility from the European Business School, Germany. His research focuses on global governance and transnational organizational regulation in the context of contested global issues. He has published widely in leading international journals on corporate responsibility and has guest-edited special issues of various journals." "Georg Kell is the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact. His career with the United Nations began in 1987 at the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. In 1997, Mr Kell joined the Office of the UN Secretary-General in New York, where he spearheaded the development of new strategies to enhance private sector engagement with the work of the United Nations. As one of the Global Compact's key architects, he has led the initiative since its launch in 2000. A native of Germany, he holds advanced degrees in economics and engineering from the Technical University of Berlin."--Back cover.

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ISBN: 9780521198417
ISBN: 9780521145534
ISBN: 0521198410
ISBN: 0521145538
ISBN: 9781139042055
ISBN: 9781139038140
ISBN: 9781139036597
ISBN: 9780511762642
ISBN: 113904205X
ISBN: 1139038141
ISBN: 1139036599
ISBN: 051176264X
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations
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Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:april.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Achievements, trends and challenges : reflections on the principles. Making sense of the United Nations Global Compact human rights principles / Klaus Leisinger, Aron Cramer and Faris Natour ; The promise of the United Nations Global Compact : a trade union perspective on the labour principles / Guy Ryder ; The United Nations Global Compact environmental principles : achievements, trends and challenges / Gregory C. Unruh ; 'Caring for climate' : the business leadership platform / Claude Fussler ; Anti-corruption : challenges and trends / Huguette Labelle -- Participants and engagement mechanisms. Implementing the United Nations Global Compact / Carolyn Y. Woo ; Academic institutions and the United Nations Global Compact : the principles for responsible management education / Regina Wentzel Wolfe and Patricia H. Werhane ; Corporate responsibility and the business school agenda / Birgit Kleymann and Pierre Tapie (with a comment by Eric Cornuel) ; NGOs and the United Nations Global Compact : the link between civil society and corporations / Oded Grajew ; Financial markets and the United Nations Global Compact : the principles for responsible investment / James Gifford ; Learning from the roundtables on the sustainable enterprise economy : the United Nations Global Compact and the next ten years / Malcolm McIntosh and Sandra Waddock ; The United Nations Global Compact as a learning approach / Guido Palazzo and Andreas Georg Scherer -- Governance and communication on progress. The United Nations Global Compact's governance framework and integrity measures / Ursula Wynhoven and Matthias Stausberg ; The United Nations Global Compact communication on progress policy : origins, trends and challenges / Uzma Hamid and Oliver Johner ; COP reporting in action : the case of Petrobras / Ana Paula Grether Carvalho ; The United Nations Global Compact and the global reporting initiative / Paul Hohnen -- Local networks : the emerging global-local link. Building the United Nations Global Compact local network model : history and highlights / Nessa Whelan ; The United Nations Global Compact as network of networks / Dirk Ulrich Gilbert ; Running a Global Compact local network : insights from the experience in Germany / Constanze J. Helmchen ; Building corporate citizenship through the United Nations Global Compact : contributions and lessons learned from the Argentinean local network / Flavio Fuertes and Nicol�as Liarte-Vejrup ; Concluding remarks : from alleviating the negative impacts of globalization to transforming markets / Ernst A. Brugger and Peter Maurer.
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