The UN Global Compact: The Challenge and the Promise

By Oliver F. Williams. Business Ethics Quarterly, 2004

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy

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Accountability in a Global Economy: The Emergence of International Accountability Standards (2011, unknown): “The initiative rather intends to bring together business and non-business actors to discuss, learn about and advance its underlying principles (Ruggie, 2001, 2003; Kell & Levin, 2003; Kell, 2005; Rasche, 2009b; Williams, 2004).”
CSR and the Debate on Business and Human Rights: Bridging the Great Divide (2012, background): “…on the human rights implications of the UN Global Compact itself (see, e.g, Donaldson 2003; Leisinger 2003; Monshipouri, Welch, and Kennedy 2003; Williams 2004; Hsieh 2004) as well as on the conceptual relation between CSR and human rights in general (see, e.g., Santoro 2000; Cragg 2000;…”
Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing (2016, unknown): “Some companies participating in the United Nations Global Compact have been accused of “bluewashing” by affiliating with the United Nations brand and the Compact’s lofty principles in order to deflect attention from less savory management practices (Williams, 2004).”
MNCs and International Accountability Standards Through an Institutional Lens: Evidence of Symbolic Conformity or Decoupling (2010, background): “The most common criticism is in relation to the so-called blue washing effect, or companies using IAS for reputational gains (Waddock, 2008; Williams, 2004).”
United Nations Global Compact: The Promise–Performance Gap (2013, unknown): “(Kell 2003; Ruggie 2001; Williams 2004).”
Opportunities and Problems of Standardized Ethics Initiatives – a Stakeholder Theory Perspective (2008, methodology): “For example, the UN Global Compact is based on 10 ‘global’ principles (Williams, 2004; United Nations, 2006) and the GRI rests on reporting guidelines that are supposed to be valid all over the world (GRI, 2002).”
The New Political Role of Business in a Globalized World – A Review of a New Perspective on CSR and its Implications for the Firm, Governance, and Democracy (2011, unknown): “the implementation of basic human rights and environmental principles (Williams 2004),”
Global Governance: CSR and the Role of the UN Global Compact (2014, background): “Finally, critical views on the UNGC have addressed its limitations and pointed to possible improvements (Nolan 2005; Sethi 2003; Therien and Pouliot 2006; Williams 2004).”
'Implicit' and 'Explicit' CSR: A Conceptual Framework for a Comparative Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (2008, background): “…(Kolk, 2005b), usually informed by membership of or guidance from CSR organizations, is another example of the operation of mimetic processes, as is the leadership-focused approach of the UN Global Compact, which, incidentally, has more European than U.S. Fortune 500 members (Williams, 2005).”
Corruption, Underdevelopment, and Extractive Resource Industries: Addressing the Vicious Cycle (2006, background): “In this respect, a growing international consensus, enshrined in codes, of what constitutes corrupt practices, is a positive development (Gordon and Miyake 2001; Williams 2004; Windsor 2004) on the way to enforceable legislation and regulation, underpinned by effective detection, which honest broker”