02211nam a22003378a 4500 CR9780511762642 UkCbUP 20171019111728.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100506s2010||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511762642 (ebook) 9780521198417 (hardback) 9780521145534 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda JZ4986 .U65 2010 341.23 22 The United Nations Global Compact : Achievements, Trends and Challenges / Edited by Andreas Rasche, Georg Kell, Foreword by Ban Ki-moon. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (472 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative that encourages businesses to support ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment, and anti-corruption. It is the world's largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative with more than 7,500 business and non-business participants in over 130 countries. This book reviews the first ten years of the Compact's existence (2000–2010) by presenting exclusively commissioned chapters from well-known scholars, practitioners from the business world and civil society, and Global Compact staff. They reflect on what the Global Compact has achieved, what trends it may have to respond to, and what challenges are ahead. The book contains not only up-to-date reflections but also debates recent changes to the structure of the Compact, including the Communication on Progress policy, the role of Global Compact Local Networks, and the role of emerging specialized initiatives. United Nations Rasche, Andreas, editor of compilation. Kell, Georg, editor of compilation. Print version: 9780521198417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762642 224338 224338