Assessing the Outcome Effectiveness of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in the Field of Corporate Social Responsibility – The Example of the United Nations Global Compact

2018 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
pp. 775-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Margaretha Jastram ◽  
Jenny Klingenberg
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
United Nations ◽  
United Nations Global Compact ◽  
Global Compact ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Multinationals and Large Enterprises in Pakistan

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahid Ali Memon ◽  
Javaid Ali Dars ◽  
Wahid Bux Mangrio ◽  
Arabella Bhutto ◽  
Mark Gregory Robson
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
United Nations ◽  
United Nations Global Compact ◽  
Global Compact ◽  
Large State ◽  
Business Excellence ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Large Enterprises

This article presents the investigation of how far multinationals and other large state-owned companies in Pakistan practice corporate social responsibility. The authors compared the corporate social responsibility initiatives of the companies with the10 principles of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to look at the corporate social responsibility aspects covered and to find what elements are yet to be complied with. The content analysis of these companies' official Websites was carried out to explore the issue under investigation. The sample included40 companies that received second CSR Business Excellence Awards in 2014 to see if individual companies' CSR policies and practices were globally driven and to assess the level of commitment with UNGC principles

Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Multinationals and Large Enterprises in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
pp. 1155-1172
Author(s):  
Zahid Ali Memon ◽  
Javaid Ali Dars ◽  
Wahid Bux Mangrio ◽  
Arabella Bhutto ◽  
Mark Gregory Robson
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
United Nations ◽  
United Nations Global Compact ◽  
Global Compact ◽  
Large State ◽  
Business Excellence ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Large Enterprises

This article presents the investigation of how far multinationals and other large state-owned companies in Pakistan practice corporate social responsibility. The authors compared the corporate social responsibility initiatives of the companies with the10 principles of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to look at the corporate social responsibility aspects covered and to find what elements are yet to be complied with. The content analysis of these companies' official Websites was carried out to explore the issue under investigation. The sample included40 companies that received second CSR Business Excellence Awards in 2014 to see if individual companies' CSR policies and practices were globally driven and to assess the level of commitment with UNGC principles

scholarly journals Aligning Corporate Social Responsibility with the United Nations’ Sustainability Goals: Trickier than it Seems?

ECONOMICS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-177
Author(s):  
Christer Thörnqvist ◽  
Jonna Kilstam
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Global Order ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
The Common ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Corporate Social

Abstract This article explores the profound mismatch between the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and fundamentals for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The common survival of human life, society, and the global order as we know it, and the need for companies to make profit is not easy. The intractability of the problem is often underestimated in public as well as scientific debate. This article discusses the problem and possible ways to cope with it through ‘social entrepreneurship’ illustrated here by a study of nine firms in Sweden. The study draws on an amalgamation of Schumpeterian theory about “creative destruction” and the concept of “Emerging Davids vs. Greening Goliaths.”

scholarly journals United Nations Global Compact: an ‘Inroad’ into the UN and reputation boost for the tobacco industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (e1) ◽  
pp. e66-e69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvette van der Eijk ◽  
Patricia A McDaniel ◽  
Stanton A Glantz ◽  
Stella A Bialous
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
United Nations Global Compact ◽  
Ethical Business ◽  
Global Compact ◽  
Tobacco Production ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Front Groups

BackgroundThe United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), a UN initiative to engage corporations in supporting the UN’s mission, sets out principles that companies should follow for more ethical business practices. Since its inception in 2000, at least 13 tobacco companies, subsidiaries and tobacco industry affiliates joined the UNGC. In a September 2017 integrity review, the UNGC Board excluded from UNGC participation companies who derive revenue from tobacco production or manufacturing.ObjectiveTo determine, from the tobacco industry’s perspective, tobacco companies’ motives for joining the UNGC.MethodTobacco industry documents search using the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents Library, and search of published reports and documents on the tobacco industry and the UNGC.ResultsTobacco companies sought to join the UNGC for two reasons: (1) to improve their reputation, in keeping with other corporate social responsibility efforts; (2) to gain proximity to UN agencies and weaken the WHO’s influence, part of an overall strategy to undermine the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.ConclusionsExcluding tobacco manufacturers from UNGC participation is an important step to limit the tobacco industry’s ability to influence the UN and promote its image and, by extension, its deadly products. It is important to monitor enforcement of this policy and resist the engagement of tobacco industry front groups, such as industry-funded foundations, with the UNGC.

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