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  Flags of inconvenience?: the Global Compact and the future of the United Nations

  Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK, 2004

  The Global Compact, established in 2000 in order to internalise a set of principles in global business, has attracted much criticism related to its role, effects, and accountability.
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  The Global Compact: origins, operations, progress, challenges

  Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 2003

  This paper gives a brief overview of the origins, scope, achievements and future challenges of the Global Compact.
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  Regulating corporations: a resource guide

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2004

  The area of regulation related to the social, environmental and human rights responsibilities and obligations of TNCs is immense and continually growing. This report seeks to disentangle the multifarious regulatory world that relates to transnational corporations (TNCs), focusing on regulations related to social, environmental and human rights.
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  Options for promoting corporate responsibility in conflict zones: perspectives from the private sector

  International Peace Academy, 2002

  This paper examines private sector actors’ perceptions of and experiences with select existing and prospective measures (both voluntary and regulatory) to promote responsible business behavior in conflict zones.
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  Workers’ tool or PR ploy? A guide to codes of international labour practice

  Dialogue on globalisation, 2003

  Ethical production and consumption is the aim of several trade-related initiatives launched in recent years, including social labelling, WTO campaigns, framework agreements and codes of conduct.
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  Strengthening implementation of corporate social responsibility in global supply chains

  World Bank, 2003

  The specific objectives of this study are to a) identify the key barriers to improved implementation of codes of conduct at the level of suppliers, and b) identify and prioritize viable options for addressing these barriers.
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  UN Sub-Commission draft norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights

  United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2003

  This document constitutes a set of specific human rights guidelines on the diverse challenges affecting a broad range of industries. They are being presented for endorsement by the Human Rights Commission in March 2004.
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  Striking the balance: sustainable development reporting

  World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2003

  This report argues that sustainable reporting can help companies to protect their reputation and brand and gain competitive advantage.The report covers three main areas:a step-by-step guide to help companies to improve or develop their reportsrecommendations on how to bridge the gap between the information needs of the financial community and the reporting practices of companies
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  Eskom: corporate powerhouse or green company?

  Corporate Watch, 2002

  Eskom will be South Africa's number one Corporate Environmentalism Exhibit, during the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, despite having contravened two of the Global Compact principles.The author details the negative behaviour of Eskom.
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  Greenwash + 10: The UN's Global Compact, corporate accountability and the Johannesburg Earth Summit

  Corporate Watch, 2002

  Looks at the relationship between the UN and corporations in the context of the forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). In particular the authors focus on the Global Compact, a high profile UN initiative building corporate partnerships based on adherence to key UN principles, and the activities of the BASD, a corporate lobby group.

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