1st Edition

The UN Global Compact

By Catia Gregoratti Copyright 2011
128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

This book opens up the black-box of the UN Global Compact – the archetypical corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative anchored within the United Nations. It appraises the ten-year history, governance, and engagement mechanisms of this unique UN initiative. Building on extensive empirical research, the work provides a concise introduction to the inner workings and effects of the UN... Read more
1. Introduction  2. The UN Global Compact History  3. How the UN Global Compact Works  4. Global Bureaucracies and Local Networks  5. The UN Global Compact and the Global Governance of CSR  6. The UN Global Comact and its Critics  7. Conclusion: What's Next for the Compact

Biography

Catia Gregoratti is a Research Fellow at Lund University, Sweden.