The United Nations Global Compact: A CSR Milestone. (March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Post, James E.
• Other Names: Rasche Andreas guest-editor.; Waddock Sandra guest-editor.; McIntosh Malcolm guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Business and society. Volume 52:Number 1(2013)
• Page Start: 53
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2013-03
• Subjects: United Nations Global Compact -- corporate social responsibility; Industries -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Industrial sociology -- Periodicals; Business ethics -- Periodicals; 306.3
• DOI: 10.1177/0007650312459926
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-6503

Abstract

The author focuses attention on some of the historical antecedents of the United Nations Global Compact. Developments such as the Global Compact do not arrive "whole cloth" but require people and institutions to be in a "state of readiness" for the idea. The article discusses Secretary-General Annan's challenge to action, the historical background of three stages of corporate social responsibility, and the future of global corporate responsibility.