UN and Business-Beyond the Global Compact
- Document number
- 3104
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- UN and Business-Beyond the Global Compact
- Author/publisher
- Ruth Jebe
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- transnational corporations, multinational corporations, UN, business
- Summary
The United Nations has garnered significant publicity from the U.N. Global Compact, the voluntary partnership between the United Nations, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations. Less well known, and less well understood, are the U.N.’s other activities related to the role and regulation of transnational corporations, activities that began in the early 1970’s and continue to the present. This paper chronicles the U.N.’s work outside the Global Compact on the issue of transnational corporations, reviews the results of the most recent efforts by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and offers ideas for a future direction for the U.N.