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The United Nations Global Compact

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: This article reviews the interdisciplinary literature on the UN Global Compact. The review identifies three research perspectives, which scholars have used to study the UN Global Compact so far: a historical perspective discussing the Global Compact in the context of UN-business relations, an operational perspective discussing the composition and impact of its participants, as well as a governance perspective discussing the constraints and opportunities of the initiative as an institutionalized arena for addressing global governance gaps. The authors contrast these three perspectives and identify key empirical as well as conceptual scholarly contributions. The remainder of this article contains focused summaries of the articles selected for this Special Issue. All articles are introduced and evaluated against the background of the three research perspectives.

Source: Business & Society

DOI: 10.1177/0007650312459999

Authors: Andreas Rasche, Sandra Waddock, Malcolm McIntosh

Institutions: Copenhagen Business School, Boston College, Griffith University

Language: English

Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2138557428

FWCI: 46.66

Cites: 77

Cited by: 206

Related to: 10