Learning To Talk

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Pub. Date: 2004-07-31
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Table of Contents

Forewordp. 9
Introductionp. 13
An appeal to world business : 31 January 1999p. 28
The theory and practice of learning networks : corporate social responsibility and the Global Compactp. 32
The Global Compact network : an historic experiment in learning and actionp. 43
De-compacting the Global Compactp. 68
Business and human rightsp. 72
Operationalising the Global Compact with a focus on the human rights principles : learning to walk the talkp. 101
Institutionalising global standards of responsible corporate citizenship : assessing the role of the UN Global Compactp. 114
Growing big, learning that small is beautifulp. 130
Flags of inconvenience? : the Global Compact and the future of the United Nationsp. 146
Labour and the Global Compact : the early daysp. 168
The UN Global Compact : a triple-win partnershipp. 183
Reflections on the Global Compactp. 196
Learning from company engagement with the Global Compact : the first Global Compact learning forum, Denham, UK, November 2001p. 205
Learning from experience : the United Nations Global Compact learning forum 2002p. 213
Learners and leaders : evolving the Global Compact in North Americap. 232
Pfizer : a new mission in actionp. 242
Learning from doing : the third international Global Compact learning forum meeting in Belo Horizonte, Nova Lima, Brazil, December 2003p. 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 2002/2003p. 261
Responsible excellence paysp. 276
The Global Compact as a new organisational form : a global action networkp. 289
Learning by doing : the Global Compact and the ethic of corporate citizenshipp. 302
The living world of the UN Global Compactp. 318
The UN Global Compact cities programme. The Melbourne model : solving the hard urban issues togetherp. 328
The Global Compact : promoting convergence in corporate responsibilityp. 341
The Global Compact : selected experiences and reflectionsp. 352
Vision and action : the possibilities of action researchp. 367
The futurep. 371
The millennium development goalsp. 382
The Global Compact Advisory Councilp. 384
Global reporting initiative indicators for progress on the UN Global Compactp. 386
Results of the consultation process on the introduction of a principle against corruptionp. 391
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