Legal rights, national culture and social networks: Exploring the uneven adoption of United Nations Global Compact

Abdelzaher, Dina; Fernandez, Whitney Douglas; Schneper, William D.

doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.05.001

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“…That said, it is nonetheless surprising that similar numbers of-typically smaller-domestic Myanmar firms commit to CSR when compared to their-typically larger-international peers, in particular considering Myanmar's very recent economic opening. Joint venture relationships with international partner companies and initiatives such as the UN Global Compact network [48] may have supported this process, promoting awareness of CSR and related concepts.…”

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“…Second, Myanmar firms had long been operating in isolation from the world economy until its abrupt and rapid economic opening. From a CSR perspective, this also means that Myanmar companies are only now starting to be confronted with expectations regarding their social responsibilities that many international firms have become accustomed to over the last few decades [48]. Therefore, the research setting provides us with a unique opportunity to examine whether and how domestic Myanmar firms are catching up in terms of meeting stakeholder expectations, and how they frame this type of engagement.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Coercive pressures may for instance stem from focal firms in a supply chain [41], international NGOs [42,43], standard-setting bodies [44], or also national governments [45] to force companies to voluntarily adopt CSR practices. Normative isomorphism can be based on the activities of multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the Global Reporting Initiative [46] or the UN Global Compact (UNGC) [47,48], promoting more responsible and/or sustainable practices and the uptake of specific tools that should allow companies to do so. As of 22 January 2019, 164 corporate participants have signed up to the national UNGC network in Myanmar, for example, surpassing corporate membership in countries such as Turkey or Finland [49].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Responsible Business in Fragile Contexts: Comparing Perceptions from Domestic and Foreign Firms in Myanmar

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After decades of isolation, Myanmar opened up its economy to international trade in 2012. This opening led to a rapid influx of international investment, exposure to the international corporate social responsibility (CSR) community and presumed pressures to conform to related norms and practices. We report on a large-scale survey of firms operating in Myanmar, comparing perceptions of corporate practitioners of CSR and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Our findings show that awareness levels of CSR among domestic Myanmar firms match those of their international peers, but the application of and selection criteria for CSR implementation by domestic firms in Myanmar differs from typical CSR activities observed in other parts of the world, in particular by Global North firms. More surprisingly, Myanmar firms have a higher awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) than their multinational counterparts. Our findings have implications for CSR advocacy in Myanmar as well as for the dissemination of corporate responsibility and sustainability into the developing world more generally.

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Barkemeyer

Miklian

2019

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“…In the following two decades, the UNGC has grown from an initial group of 44 large multinationals (Brown et al 2018) into the world's largest CSR initiative, often being considered the most prominent 2 of 10 one (Abdelzaher et al 2019). Currently, it reports on over 12,000 participants (of which approximately 9500 are companies) from more than 160 countries (United Nations Global Compact 2018).…”

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Mainstreaming Global Sustainable Development Goals through the UN Global Compact: The Case of Visegrad Countries

Zemanová

Druláková

2020

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Since 2016, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), one of the most prominent worldwide corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiatives, has been linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, despite the enormous scholarly interest in the UNGC since the very beginning, its impact on the integration of the SDGs into the business activities, risk management and reporting of its participants remains understudied. This paper examines support and action for the SDGs among companies from the Visegrad Four (V4) countries. It attempts to find out whether the recent UNGC efforts result in their mobilisation towards the SDGs' implementation or merely creates a new space for instrumental adoption to improve image and reputation. The paper adopts qualitative content analysis of 42 Communications of Progress (COPs), submitted by 25 companies from the V4 in 2017-2019. The related self-assessments in the UNGC Participation Database were also used. It reveals that the companies obviously fulfil their obligation to report their activities related to SDGs but fail to provide relevant details. Moreover, divergences between the challenges faced by V4 countries and the priorities of the companies related to individual SDGs are also identified. This raises serious concerns about the UNGC's practical effects.

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“…Since the government is a source of legitimate authority, laws and regulations also provide important cues about which course is supported and protected by the government. A legal country system that protects certain interests with certain methods sends a signal to world societal participants that these interests and these methods should be determined as a dominant image of the country [10].…”

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Comparative Evaluation and Ranking of the European Countries Based on the Interdependence between Human Development and Internal Security Indicators

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New solutions and techniques for developing country policies are used under real conditions. The present study aims to propose a new approach for evaluating and ranking the European countries by using the interrelation between two groups of criteria, associated with the Human Development Index (HDI) and the World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI). HDI and its components rank countries by value and detail the values of the components of longevity, education and income per capita. WISPI focuses on the effective rendering of security services and the outcome of rendered services. The priority of criteria is determined in the descending order of their correlation values with other group criteria. The criteria weights are set simultaneously for both groups by applying the weight balancing method WEBIRA. The methodology based on minimising sum of squared differences of the weighted sums within groups is used. Finally, the generalised criteria measuring the level of the country are calculated using the SAW method. Cluster analysis of the countries was carried out and compared with MCDM results. The study revealed that WEBIRA ranking of countries is basically consistent with the results of cluster analysis. The proposed methodology can be applied to develop the management policy of the countries, as well as to their evaluation and ranking by using various indices, criteria and procedures. The results of this research can also be used to reveal national policy choices, to point out government policy priorities.

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Legal rights, national culture and social networks: Exploring the uneven adoption of United Nations Global Compact

Cited by 20 publications

References 89 publications

Responsible Business in Fragile Contexts: Comparing Perceptions from Domestic and Foreign Firms in Myanmar

Responsible Business in Fragile Contexts: Comparing Perceptions from Domestic and Foreign Firms in Myanmar

Mainstreaming Global Sustainable Development Goals through the UN Global Compact: The Case of Visegrad Countries

Comparative Evaluation and Ranking of the European Countries Based on the Interdependence between Human Development and Internal Security Indicators

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