Globally Responsible Leadership: Managing According to the UN Global Compact (Paperback)

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)