Learning To Talk

by McIntosh, Malcolm; Waddock, Sandra; Kell, Georg

• ISBN13: 9781874719755
• ISBN10: 1874719756
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-31
• Publisher: Greenleaf Pubns

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 13
An appeal to world business : 31 January 1999	p. 28
The theory and practice of learning networks : corporate social responsibility and the Global Compact	p. 32
The Global Compact network : an historic experiment in learning and action	p. 43
De-compacting the Global Compact	p. 68
Business and human rights	p. 72
Operationalising the Global Compact with a focus on the human rights principles : learning to walk the talk	p. 101
Institutionalising global standards of responsible corporate citizenship : assessing the role of the UN Global Compact	p. 114
Growing big, learning that small is beautiful	p. 130
Flags of inconvenience? : the Global Compact and the future of the United Nations	p. 146
Labour and the Global Compact : the early days	p. 168
The UN Global Compact : a triple-win partnership	p. 183
Reflections on the Global Compact	p. 196
Learning from company engagement with the Global Compact : the first Global Compact learning forum, Denham, UK, November 2001	p. 205
Learning from experience : the United Nations Global Compact learning forum 2002	p. 213
Learners and leaders : evolving the Global Compact in North America	p. 232
Pfizer : a new mission in action	p. 242
Learning from doing : the third international Global Compact learning forum meeting in Belo Horizonte, Nova Lima, Brazil, December 2003	p. 256
Shaping the future by walking together : Novo Nordisk's promotion on human rights and good environmental management, with specific reference to an evaluation of suppliers in 2002/2003	p. 261
Responsible excellence pays	p. 276
The Global Compact as a new organisational form : a global action network	p. 289
Learning by doing : the Global Compact and the ethic of corporate citizenship	p. 302
The living world of the UN Global Compact	p. 318
The UN Global Compact cities programme. The Melbourne model : solving the hard urban issues together	p. 328
The Global Compact : promoting convergence in corporate responsibility	p. 341
The Global Compact : selected experiences and reflections	p. 352
Vision and action : the possibilities of action research	p. 367
The future	p. 371
The millennium development goals	p. 382
The Global Compact Advisory Council	p. 384
Global reporting initiative indicators for progress on the UN Global Compact	p. 386
Results of the consultation process on the introduction of a principle against corruption	p. 391
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