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Globally Responsible Leadership: Managing According to the UN Global Compact


Globally Responsible Leadership: Managing According to the UN Global Compact

Paperback by Lawrence, Joanne T.; Beamish, Paul W.

Globally Responsible Leadership: Managing According to the UN Global Compact

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ISBN:
9781412938754
Publication Date:
23 May 2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications Inc
Pages:
576 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 9 - 11 May 2024
Globally Responsible Leadership: Managing According to the UN Global Compact

Description

What does a truly global manager need to know to lead responsibly? How does he or she define and develop the core management competencies required to accomplish this? This book uses the UN Global Compact and its ten principles as an overarching framework for understanding the complex issues facing global business managers today. Contributors from different parts of the world discuss the intersection between business and the ethical issues of our time-human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption-and, most critically, how readers can address these issues in the day-to-day running of their multinational operations.

Contents

Foreword - Georg Kell Introduction - Joanne T. Lawrence, Paul W. Beamish Acknowledgments About the Editors About the Contributors PART I. BACKGROUND 1. Responsible Business: A Brief Perspective - Joanne T. Lawrence 2. The Business of Business Is (Responsible) Business - Danial Malan 3. The United Nations and the Transnational Corporations: How the UN Global Compact Has Changed the Debate - Andreas Rasche 4. Context and Dynamics of the UN Global Compact: An Idea Whose Time Has Come - Sandra Waddock PART II. THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT 5. Human Rights as Ethical Imperatives for Business: The UN Global Compact's Human Rights Principles - Florian Wettstein 6. Our Role as Managers in Understanding and Fulfilling the Labour Principles of the UN Global Compact - Michael J. D. Roberts 7. Embedded Sustainability and the Innovation-Producing Potential of the UN Global Compact's Environmental Principles - David Cooperrrider, Nadya Zhexembayeva 8. The Challenges of Corruption in Business, Government, and Society - Peter Rodriguez PART III. CASE STUDIES: THE TEN PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE Human Rights Killer Coke: The Campaign Against Coca-Cola - Henry W. Lane, David T. A. Wesley Google in China - Deborah Compeau, Prahar Shah Ethics of Offshoring: Novo Nordisk and Clinical Trials in Emerging Economies - Klaus Meyer Talisman Energy Inc. - Lawrence G. Tapp, Gail Robertson Labour Netcare's International Expansion - Saul Klein, Albert Wocke Nestle's Nescafe Partners' Blend: The Fairtrade Decision (A) - Niraj Dawar, Jordan Mitchell Jinjian Garment Factory: Motivating Go-Slow Workers - Tieying Huang, Junping Liang, Paul W. Beamish Textron Ltd. - Lawrence A. Beer Bayer CropScience in India (A): Against Child Labor - Charles Dhanaraj, Oana Branzei, Satyajeet Subramanian L'Oreal S.A.: Rolling Out the Global Diversity Strategy - Cara C. Maurer, Ken Mark Huxley Maquiladora - Paul W. Beamish, Jaechul Jung, Joyce Miller Staffing Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (A) - Alison Konrad, Ken Mark Environment RBC--Financing Oil Sands (A) - Michael Sider, Jana Seijts, Ramasastry Chandrasekhar Barrick Gold Corporation--Tanzania - Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi, Paul W. Beamish Host Europe: Advancing CSR and Sustainability in a Medium-Sized IT Company - Rudiger Hahn Veja: Sneakers With a Conscience - Oana Branzei, Kim Poldner Canadian Solar - Paul W. Beamish, Jordan Mitchell Scandinavian Airlines: The Green Engine Decision - Jennifer Lynes Anti-corruption Phil Chan (A) - Paul W. Beamish, Jean-Louis Schaan Medical Equipment Inc. in Saudi Arabia - Joerg Dietz, Ankur Grover, Laura Guerrero Governance Failure at Satyam - Ajai Gaur, Nisha Kohl PART IV. APPENDIXES: EXCERPTS FROM THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT WEBSITE Appendix A. The Corporate Commitment Appendix B. The Communication on Progress Report Appendix C. Leadership Blueprint: Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership Within the Global Compact Appendix D. UN Global Compact Communication on Progress and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

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