Learning To Talk
Subtitle: Corporate Citizenship and the Development of the UN Global Compact
By: editors, Sandra Waddock, Georg Kell
Contributors: Waddock, Sandra, editor; Kell, Georg, editor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781351281164
Subjects: Social responsibility of business; Global Compact
Description: "The UN Global Compact complements other corporate citizenship initiatives by promoting dialogue on the relationship between business and society. At the same time it is the only truly global corporate citizenship initiative. It is not an auditable standard; indeed, it is not a standard or a code in the way that these are normally viewed. It is a set of principles through which business and the United Nations can work in partnership for global social development. For some businesses it is a simplified codification of their existing policies and management practices, but for many engagement represents a challenge and an opportunity to raise their game by aligning profitability with the common good. As the only genuinely global corporate citizenship initiative, the Global Compact draws its moral authority from the UN Secretary-General and its moral and political legitimacy from the UN as the only global political body. It can be viewed as a series of nested networks involving the Secretary-General's Office, the ILO, UNEP, UNHCHR, UNDP and UNIDO, business, NGOs and labour. It can variously be described as an international learning network, as a social network of people and organizations engaged in a global conversation, as a global public policy network, and as a multi-stakeholder dialogue. It is all of these things, but more than anything its greatest success has been in providing a convening platform for a growing global conversation about social development among a variety of actors. However the Global Compact is viewed, it is time to reflect on the first tentative steps of an initiative born in the aftermath of the Cold War, in the "triumph of global economic liberalism" and mass demonstrations against "globalisation". In its first few years, the world has experienced 9/11 and the Iraq War, not forgetting the forty or so civil wars that are ongoing at this time. Whatever is written about the UN Global Compact or its success will be tentative. But there can be some serious reflection on its aims and origins; some telling of stories of engagement; and discussion on how this initiative has quickly become an important reference point in the dialogue on global and corporate governance."--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: Part, Part 1: The origins and development of the UN Global Compact --; title: chapter Introduction  -- Malcolm McIntosh Independent Commentator Sandra Waddock Boston College USA; title: chapter 1 An appeal to world business: 31 January 1999  -- Kofi Annan Secretary-General United Nations; title: chapter 2 The theory and practice of learning networks: corporate social responsibility and the Global Compact  -- John Gerard Ruggie Harvard University USA; title: chapter 3 The Global Compact Network: an historic experiment in learning and action --; title: part, Part 2: The Global Compact and human rights --; title: chapter 4 De-compacting the Global Compact  -- Thomas Donaldson, Wharton School, Philadelphia, USA; title: chapter 5 Business and human rights --; title: chapter 6 Operationalising the Global Compact with a focus on the human rights principles: learning to walk the talk --; title: chapter 7 Institutionalising global standards of responsible corporate citizenship: assessing the role of the UN Global Compact --; title: part, Part 3: The evolution of the UN and the UN Global Compact: critical perspectives --; title: chapter 8 Growing big, learning that small is beautiful --; title: chapter 9 Flags of inconvenience? The Global Compact and the future of the United Nations --; title: chapter 10 Labour and the Global Compact: the early days --; title: chapter 11 The UN Global Compact: a triple-win partnership  -- Michael Hougård Pedersen, Novozymes, Denmark; title: part, Part 4: Action and learning --; title: chapter 12 Reflections on the Global Compact --; title: chapter 13 Learning from company engagement with the Global Compact: The First Global Compact Learning Forum, Denham, UK, November 2001  -- Malcolm McIntosh Independent Commentator; title: chapter 14 Learning from experience: the United Nations Global Compact Learning Forum 2002  -- Sandra Waddock Boston College USA; title: chapter 15 Learners and leaders: evolving the Global Compact in North America  -- Sandra Waddock Boston College USA; title: chapter 16 Pfizer: A new mission in action  -- Nancy Nielsen, Pfizer Inc. USA; title: chapter 17 Learning from doing: The Third International Global Compact Learning Forum Meeting in Belo Horizonte, Nova Lima, Brazil, December 2003  -- Malcolm McIntosh Independent Commentator; title: chapter 18 Shaping the future by walking together: Novo Nordisk's promotion of human rights and good environmental management, with specific reference to an evaluation of suppliers in 2002/2003  -- Malcolm McIntosh Independent Commentator Annette Stube Novo Nordisk; title: part, Part 5: The unfolding world of the UN Global Compact --; title: chapter 19 Responsible excellence pays --; title: chapter 20 The Global Compact as a new organisational form: a global action network --; title: chapter 21 Learning by doing: the Global Compact and the ethic of corporate citizenship  -- James E. Post Tanja D. Carroll Boston University USA; title: chapter 22 The living world of the UN Global Compact  -- Malcolm McIntosh Independent Commentator; title: chapter 23 The UN Global Compact Cities Programme. The Melbourne Model: solving the hard urban issues together --; title: chapter 24 The Global Compact: promoting convergence in corporate responsibility --; title: part, Part 6: Taking off --; title: chapter 25 The Global Compact: selected experiences and reflections ... Georg Kell, UN Global Compact --; title: chapter 26 Vision and action: the possibilities of action research ... Gill Coleman, University of Bath, UK --; title: chapter 27 The future. ... ... ... ... Georg Kell, UN Global Compact -- Malcolm McIntosh Independent Commentator Sandra Waddock Boston College USA.