The United Nations Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative

Hohnen, Paul

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“…The abovementioned collaboration between the Global Compact and the GRI can act as an example (Hohnen, 2010). Both initiatives signed a new agreement in May 2010 to align their work in advancing corporate responsibility and transparency, both being preconditions for system trust to emerge.…”

Section: Building and Sustaining Trust In The Network Of The United Nations Global Compactmentioning

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Trust and the United Nations Global Compact

Gilbert

Behnam

2012

Business & Society

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The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is a Global Public Policy Network supporting ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labor standards, environmental protection, and anticorruption. Networks such as the UNGC are an organizational form with distinct structural properties and specific requirements regarding coordination. Relationships among network partners are typically complex, reciprocal, and trust based. Despite the relevance of trust for a successful coordination of networks, the literature on the UNGC remains relatively silent when it comes to this phenomenon. The conditions and mechanisms that contribute to the constitution of trust in the UNGC are poorly understood. Based on research in network theory, the authors argue that the trust of participants and other stakeholders supporting the UNGC is a key precondition to enhance collaboration and to further develop the initiative. Against this background, the aim of this article is to develop a systematic approach to foster the constitution of trust in the UNGC. A thorough investigation of the connection between trust and the UNGC may help identify concrete measures for increasing the scale and scope of collaboration between stakeholders and at UNIV NEBRASKA LIBRARIES on August 26, 2015

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Section: Building and Sustaining Trust In The Network Of The United Nations Global Compactmentioning

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Trust and the United Nations Global Compact

Gilbert

Behnam

2012

Business & Society

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“…By asking participants in principle-based standards to report on their activities (and omissions) in a structured and comparable way, these two deficits could be addressed. One prominent alliance reflecting the usefulness of this link occurred between the UN Global Compact and the GRI (Hohnen, 2010). In 2006, both initiatives formed a strategic alliance to ''undertake advocacy and other partnership efforts to encourage companies and corporate responsibility organizations to support the synergistic platforms of the Compact and the GRI'' (Global Compact, 2006).…”

Section: Collaboration Among Standards From Different Categoriesmentioning

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Collaborative Governance 2.0

Rasche

2010

Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society

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Purpose -This paper aims to explore how existing collaborative governance arrangements in the context of corporate responsibility (e.g. the Global Reporting Initiative and Social Accountability 8000) need to collaborate more directly in order to enhance their impact. The objective of this paper is twofold: primarily, to explore existing and potential linkages between multi-stakeholder standards; but, at the same time, to explore the potential for standard convergence. Design/methodology/approach -The paper follows a conceptual approach that is supported by a variety of case examples. First, the nature and benefits as well as shortcomings of multi-stakeholder standards are explored. Second, a categorization scheme for the availability of such standards is developed. Third, linkages between the different standard categories are explored and discussed. Last but not least, the paper outlines practical implications. Findings -A variety of linkages between existing multi-stakeholder standards exist. These linkages need to be strengthened, as the market for corporate responsibility is unlikely to support a great variety of partly competing and overlapping initiatives.Originality/value -The paper offers a structured discussion of potential linkages between multi-stakeholder standards and thus complements the literature where such initiatives are discussed (usually without much mention of linkages). Practitioners will find the discussion useful to explore how their participation in a variety of initiatives can be better coordinated.

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The United Nations Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative

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Trust and the United Nations Global Compact

Trust and the United Nations Global Compact

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