The United Nations Global Compact: Achievements, Trends and Challenges

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 12
Boxes......Page 13
Abbreviations......Page 14
Contributors......Page 19
Acknowledgements......Page 29
Foreword......Page 30
Why This Book Matters!......Page 31
Anti-corruption......Page 33
About This Book......Page 35
historical context......Page 36
Trends: shaping the corporate responsibility agenda......Page 40
Improving implementation of the ten Principles......Page 42
Advancing Communication on Progress (COP)......Page 43
Coping with changing global economic realities......Page 44
Organization of the book......Page 45
Part I: Achievements, trends and challenges: reflections on the Principles......Page 46
Part II: Participants and engagement mechanisms......Page 47
Part III: Governance and Communication on Progress......Page 50
Part IV: Local Networks: the emerging global–local link......Page 52
PART I: Achievements, trends and challenges: reflections on the Principles......Page 55
Introduction......Page 57
The start of a long journey......Page 58
The application of the UDHR to non-state actors: ‘every individual and every organ of society…’......Page 59
The business and human rights debate takes hold......Page 60
Human rights and business: a conceptual challenge......Page 61
Filling the conceptual gap......Page 62
The Ruggie framework: an emerging benchmark......Page 63
The corporate responsibility to respect......Page 65
‘Complicity’......Page 66
Corporate leadership for human rights......Page 67
Managing corporate human rights responsibilities......Page 68
Adopting a human rights policy......Page 69
Assessing human rights impacts......Page 70
Developing and implementing a human rights strategy......Page 72
Measuring and Reporting on Performance......Page 74
Conclusions, outlook and recommendations......Page 75
Introduction......Page 78
In the beginning…......Page 79
Corporate responsibility......Page 83
Rule of law, governance and the ten Global Compact Principles......Page 85
Civil society and democracy......Page 89
Sustainable development and ‘short-termism’......Page 90
The future of the Global Compact: making its promise a reality......Page 91
Introduction......Page 93
The origins of the Global Compact environmental principles......Page 94
The rise of international environmental policy......Page 97
Business and global environmental governance......Page 99
The Global Compact environmental principles......Page 100
Global Compact Principle 7......Page 101
Global Compact Principle 8......Page 103
Global Compact Principle 9......Page 105
Global climate change and the impact of business......Page 106
Trends toward the future: case examples......Page 108
Challenge and opportunities......Page 113
Introduction: a moral issue......Page 114
Leadership and early action......Page 115
The 10 minute case for action......Page 116
A business call for an ambitious climate treaty......Page 123
And now 10 minutes for implementation guidance......Page 128
A revolution without chaos and crisis?......Page 134
The history of the 10th Principle......Page 135
Current status of implementation of the 10th Principle......Page 139
Challenges for voluntary initiatives and private sector corruption......Page 141
Going forward......Page 144
PART II: Participants and engagement mechanisms......Page 147
Introduction......Page 149
The business case for the United Nations Global Compact......Page 150
Reasons for participation......Page 152
Living the UN Global Compact Principles......Page 154
Implications for the future......Page 156
About PricewaterhouseCoopers......Page 158
Integration of Global Compact Principles in the company’s goals and mission statement......Page 159
Implementation of UN Global Compact Principles in strategy and operations......Page 160
Leadership, governance and metrics......Page 162
Challenges moving forward......Page 163
Integration of Global Compact Principles into Symantec’s goals and mission statement......Page 164
Implementation of Global Compact Principles in strategy and operations......Page 165
Challenges moving forward......Page 167
Reasons for joining the Global Compact......Page 168
Integration of Global Compact Principles in the company’s goals and mission statement......Page 169
Implementation of Global Compact Principles in strategy and operations......Page 170
Challenges moving forward......Page 171
Dow Chemical Company sources:......Page 172
Environmental disclosure on management approach......Page 173
Labor practices disclosure on management approach......Page 174
Human rights disclosure on management approach......Page 175
Product responsibility disclosure on management approach......Page 176
Introduction......Page 178
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)......Page 180
PRME participant profiles and reports: learning from each other......Page 184
Assessing the categories of achievement criteria......Page 190
Conclusions: some tentative proposals for assessment......Page 192
PRME: 229 academic partners (52 are also Global Compact participants)......Page 193
UN Global Compact: 298 academic partners......Page 194
A situation of real failure......Page 195
Business schools are missing the point......Page 197
Towards a new approach to education......Page 201
Knowledge......Page 202
Stewardship: the steward as co-creator of an evolving social system......Page 203
Business schools as catalysts of a paradigm shift: the PRME ambition......Page 205
Conclusion......Page 206
Introduction......Page 208
Responsible management education: the impact of GRLI......Page 209
Rethinking the context of management education......Page 212
The role of an academic/corporate partnership......Page 214
Introduction......Page 216
Pointing out routes......Page 217
Creating a favourable environment......Page 219
Improving labour standards: case examples......Page 221
Defending the Amazon: case examples......Page 224
The power of example......Page 228
Origins of the PRI......Page 229
Development of the principles......Page 233
From words into action......Page 238
Clearinghouse......Page 242
Other initiatives......Page 244
Accountability mechanisms......Page 246
Looking forward: the need for global growth in responsible investment......Page 247
Introduction......Page 249
Striking a chord: what does it mean to be human in a globalized world?......Page 255
A 24/7 connected world......Page 257
Elders, technology and knowledge......Page 258
System and values change......Page 259
What is SEE change?......Page 260
System change and radical rethinking of companies......Page 261
Mission possible: entrepreneurs and boundary spanners......Page 263
Leadership of a different sort......Page 264
Concluding thoughts......Page 266
Globalization as the new context of global business firms......Page 268
Corporate responsibility and global governance......Page 269
Situating the Global Compact in the emerging global governance landscape......Page 272
How do corporations learn to manage CSR?......Page 274
Understanding growing and changing societal expectations......Page 277
Understanding how to implement CSR......Page 278
Ability to create dialogue with critical stakeholders......Page 279
What can the Global Compact do (and what does it do) in order to improve CSR learning?......Page 280
PART III: Governance and Communication on Progress......Page 283
Introduction......Page 285
Global Compact Advisory Council......Page 286
Governance review (2004–5) and governance framework......Page 287
Global Compact Leaders Summit......Page 288
Global Compact Board......Page 289
Annual Local Networks Forum......Page 290
Inter-Agency Team......Page 291
The Global Compact integrity measures......Page 292
Evaluation and monitoring......Page 293
The dialogue facilitation mechanism......Page 296
Need for accountability and transparency: origins and rationale......Page 299
A perfect model?: Assumptions and limitations......Page 301
Moving with the times: evolution of the COP policy......Page 303
Past and current trends in Communication on Progress......Page 305
Context of the current challenges......Page 308
Quality of the COP: the need for consistency......Page 309
Guidance on reporting and implementation......Page 310
Comparability/benchmarking of COPs......Page 311
Conclusion......Page 313
Introduction......Page 315
Petrobras’ Social and Environmental Report......Page 317
Building the Petrobras reporting model......Page 318
Improving socially responsible corporate management......Page 320
The COP as a management tool......Page 322
Searching for continuous improvement of the COP Report......Page 323
Final remarks......Page 325
Introduction......Page 327
A short history of Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 328
The current context......Page 330
Brickbats and bouquets......Page 336
The next decade......Page 338
A bird in the hand?......Page 343
A CSR Ruggie?......Page 345
PART IV: Local Networks: the emerging global–local link......Page 349
Introduction......Page 351
Defining Local Networks......Page 352
Reasons for engagement and types of activities......Page 354
Outreach activities......Page 356
Policy dialogues and partnership facilitation......Page 359
The ‘early days’ of Local Networks......Page 363
2003: first gathering of Networks......Page 364
2004: consensus on minimum requirements for Networks......Page 365
2005: Networks develop first policy document linked to governance......Page 366
2006: role of ALNF in Global Compact governance solidified......Page 367
2009: strengthening Networks’ roles and responsibilities......Page 368
Formalizing organizational structures......Page 369
Regional Network gatherings......Page 370
Conclusion......Page 371
Introduction......Page 374
Creation and Design of Local Networks......Page 375
Minimum requirements for Local Networks......Page 376
Activities of Local Networks......Page 377
Communication on Progress (COP) and Local Networks......Page 378
Challenges for Local Networks......Page 379
A Brief Introduction to Network Theory......Page 380
A Critical Analysis of Local Networks from a Network Theory Perspective......Page 382
Knowledge-sharing routines in Local Networks......Page 383
Effective governance system in Local Networks......Page 385
Conclusion......Page 387
Introduction......Page 389
Building a Network and Global Compact brand in Germany......Page 390
Professionalizing our work......Page 391
Define the target group: struggling change agents......Page 392
Infusing ideas and proposing tools......Page 394
Focus on selected topics......Page 395
Coach: in-depth sessions among business representatives......Page 396
Reaching out: raising awareness in the interested public......Page 397
Looking for niches......Page 398
Spotlight: large enterprises......Page 399
The mix is crucial: The Global Compact in Germany is a multi-stakeholder forum......Page 400
Opportunity-driven: the Global Compact as a framework brand......Page 401
Concluding remarks......Page 402
The United Nations Global Compact and Networks’ Communication on Progress......Page 404
The Argentinean Global Compact Network: Local characteristics, composition and members.......Page 405
Number of COP Reports in Argentina......Page 407
Argentinean COPs and their geographical distribution......Page 408
Size and sector of communicating businesses......Page 409
Areas of action reported by the businesses......Page 410
A close analysis of the Global Compact Principles......Page 412
Integrated or independent COP reporting?......Page 413
Sharing the Report with stakeholders......Page 415
A responsible corporate citizenship agenda: a proposal for debate......Page 416
22 Concluding remarks: from alleviating the negative impacts of globalization to transforming markets......Page 420
Role of governments and stakeholders......Page 426
Quantitative and qualitative growth......Page 427
Brand value......Page 428
Governance framework......Page 429
Note:......Page 431
Bibliography......Page 437
Index......Page 457