Author: Tagi Sagafi-nejad
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253000696
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Are transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment beneficial or harmful to societies around the world? Since the birth of the United Nations more than 60 years ago, these questions have been major issues of interest and involvement for UN institutions. What have been the key ideas generated by the UN about TNCs and their relations with nation-states? How have these ideas evolved and what has been their impact? This book examines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs, and, with the advent of globalization in the 1980s, the evolution of a more cooperative relationship between TNCs and developing countries, resulting in the 1999 Global Compact.
The UN and Transnational Corporations
Author: Tagi Sagafi-nejad
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253000696
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Are transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment beneficial or harmful to societies around the world? Since the birth of the United Nations more than 60 years ago, these questions have been major issues of interest and involvement for UN institutions. What have been the key ideas generated by the UN about TNCs and their relations with nation-states? How have these ideas evolved and what has been their impact? This book examines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs, and, with the advent of globalization in the 1980s, the evolution of a more cooperative relationship between TNCs and developing countries, resulting in the 1999 Global Compact.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253000696
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Are transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment beneficial or harmful to societies around the world? Since the birth of the United Nations more than 60 years ago, these questions have been major issues of interest and involvement for UN institutions. What have been the key ideas generated by the UN about TNCs and their relations with nation-states? How have these ideas evolved and what has been their impact? This book examines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs, and, with the advent of globalization in the 1980s, the evolution of a more cooperative relationship between TNCs and developing countries, resulting in the 1999 Global Compact.
United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations
Author: Khalil Hamdani
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317528271
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations (UNCTC) was established in 1975 and abolished in 1992. It was an early effort by the UN to address the overlapping issues of national sovereignty, corporate responsibility and global governance. These issues have since multiplied and deepened with globalization. This book recounts the UNCTC experience and its lessons for international organizations. This book is not only an insider perspective by two former staff but also a collective memoir of the UNCTC as an international organization that attempted with varying success to defuse the clash between corporates and states that erupted in the turbulent 1970s. This personal account of the UNCTC is a mixture of history, analysis, reflections, and critical commentaries, told in different voices that penetrate the bland persona of international civil service. In this retelling, the authors seek to address misconceptions amongst the more general literature and to seek to provide accounts of both its positive and negative features. The UNCTC experience recounted in this book holds valuable lessons for international organization and will be of interest to student, scholars and practitioners alike.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317528271
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations (UNCTC) was established in 1975 and abolished in 1992. It was an early effort by the UN to address the overlapping issues of national sovereignty, corporate responsibility and global governance. These issues have since multiplied and deepened with globalization. This book recounts the UNCTC experience and its lessons for international organizations. This book is not only an insider perspective by two former staff but also a collective memoir of the UNCTC as an international organization that attempted with varying success to defuse the clash between corporates and states that erupted in the turbulent 1970s. This personal account of the UNCTC is a mixture of history, analysis, reflections, and critical commentaries, told in different voices that penetrate the bland persona of international civil service. In this retelling, the authors seek to address misconceptions amongst the more general literature and to seek to provide accounts of both its positive and negative features. The UNCTC experience recounted in this book holds valuable lessons for international organization and will be of interest to student, scholars and practitioners alike.
Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy
Author: Richard Kozul-Wright
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349265233
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This book brings together papers written by representatives from UN agencies and academics who take a fresh look at the expanding role of transnational corporations and foreign direct investment in the world economy. These papers deal with such issues as the nature and extent of globalisation, the shifting relations between transnational corporations and national economies, and the opportunities and obstacles facing policy makers in the rapidly changing global economy.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349265233
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This book brings together papers written by representatives from UN agencies and academics who take a fresh look at the expanding role of transnational corporations and foreign direct investment in the world economy. These papers deal with such issues as the nature and extent of globalisation, the shifting relations between transnational corporations and national economies, and the opportunities and obstacles facing policy makers in the rapidly changing global economy.
Globally Responsible Leadership
Author: Joanne T. Lawrence
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412938759
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
This book employs the UN Global Compact and its ten principles as a framework for discussing the issues facing global business managers. Contributors examine the intersection between business and ethical issues, including human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412938759
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
This book employs the UN Global Compact and its ten principles as a framework for discussing the issues facing global business managers. Contributors examine the intersection between business and ethical issues, including human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.
Transnational Corporations
Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Publisher: United Nations
ISBN: 921047595X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Transnational Corporations is a policy-oriented journal for the publication of research on the activities of transnational corporations and their implication for economic development. Articles accepted for publication in this issue report on the following research themes: international tax
Publisher: United Nations
ISBN: 921047595X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Transnational Corporations is a policy-oriented journal for the publication of research on the activities of transnational corporations and their implication for economic development. Articles accepted for publication in this issue report on the following research themes: international tax
Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Author: Surya Deva
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107199115
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
This book provides a sustained treatment of the politico-legal context and content of a proposed business and human rights treaty.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107199115
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
This book provides a sustained treatment of the politico-legal context and content of a proposed business and human rights treaty.
Transnational Corporations and Human Rights
Author: Gwynne L. Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110719931X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This account of business-related human rights violations details the barriers victims face when seeking remedies and offers policy solutions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110719931X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This account of business-related human rights violations details the barriers victims face when seeking remedies and offers policy solutions.
Research Handbook on Transnational Corporations
Author: Alice de Jonge
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1783476915
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Transnational corporations (TNCs) have moved to the forefront of regulatory governance both within states and in the international arena. The Research Handbook on Transnational Corporations provides expert background commentary and up-to-date insights into regulatory frameworks impacting on TNCs at global, industry and national levels. Written by global experts in their field, this unique collection of essays provides in-depth understanding of how the forces of globalisation affect the world’s largest corporations, and how those corporations, in turn, shape globalisation.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1783476915
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Transnational corporations (TNCs) have moved to the forefront of regulatory governance both within states and in the international arena. The Research Handbook on Transnational Corporations provides expert background commentary and up-to-date insights into regulatory frameworks impacting on TNCs at global, industry and national levels. Written by global experts in their field, this unique collection of essays provides in-depth understanding of how the forces of globalisation affect the world’s largest corporations, and how those corporations, in turn, shape globalisation.
Big Business, Poor Peoples
Author: John Madeley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1848133758
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Transnational corporations are one of the most important actors in the global economy, occupying a more powerful position than ever before. In their persistent battle to increase profits, they have increasingly turned to the developing world, a world that holds many attractions for them. But what is their impact on the poor? Now in its second edition, Big Business, Poor Peoples finds that these corporations are damaging the lives of millions of poor people in developing countries. Looking at every sector where transnational corporations are involved, this vital book is packed with detail on how the poor are affected. The book exposes how developing countries' natural resources are being ceded to TNCs and how governments are unwilling or unable to control them. The author argues that TNCs, answerable to no one but their shareholders, have used their money, size and power to influence international negotiations and taken full advantage of the move towards privatization to influence government policies; sovereignty is passing into corporate hands, and the poor are paying the price. But people are fighting back: citizens, workers, and communities are exposing the corporations and looking for alternatives. The first edition of this path-breaking book put the issue of transnational corporations and the poor firmly on the agenda. This second edition contains significant new and updated material and is an essential read for anyone who wants to know more about the effects of corporate power on the poor.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1848133758
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Transnational corporations are one of the most important actors in the global economy, occupying a more powerful position than ever before. In their persistent battle to increase profits, they have increasingly turned to the developing world, a world that holds many attractions for them. But what is their impact on the poor? Now in its second edition, Big Business, Poor Peoples finds that these corporations are damaging the lives of millions of poor people in developing countries. Looking at every sector where transnational corporations are involved, this vital book is packed with detail on how the poor are affected. The book exposes how developing countries' natural resources are being ceded to TNCs and how governments are unwilling or unable to control them. The author argues that TNCs, answerable to no one but their shareholders, have used their money, size and power to influence international negotiations and taken full advantage of the move towards privatization to influence government policies; sovereignty is passing into corporate hands, and the poor are paying the price. But people are fighting back: citizens, workers, and communities are exposing the corporations and looking for alternatives. The first edition of this path-breaking book put the issue of transnational corporations and the poor firmly on the agenda. This second edition contains significant new and updated material and is an essential read for anyone who wants to know more about the effects of corporate power on the poor.
Sociétés Transnationales
Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Programme on Transnational Corporations
Publisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Publisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description