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BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Pete Engardio |
Raising the Bar for Corporate Behavior Says Georg Kell of the U.N. Global Compact: "We want to get companies where the issues are most neglected into the movement."   |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Pete Engardio |
Kofi Annan's Business Plan (extended) The U.N. chief talks about how to make the Global Compact more effective at promoting corporate responsibility in poor nations |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 9, 2007
Martha Lagace |
Industry Self-Regulation: What's Working (and What's Not)? Are firms that adopt self-regulation programs already better on important measures like labor and quality practices? |
The Motley Fool
August 14, 2007
S.J. Caplan |
Stocks With Scruples Catch up with last month's SRI developments: Calvert... Domini... Russell 3000... Social responsibility reports... etc. |
Salon.com
June 28, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
U.N. commits to AIDS reduction Its far-reaching declaration could funnel billions toward reducing the spread of the disease by 25 percent... |
Salon.com
July 23, 2001
David Moberg |
The real enemies of the poor G-8 defenders tried to depict Genoa protesters as affluent and out of touch, but the anti-globalization movement is wringing aid out of rich nations -- over Bush's shameful objections... |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
Arnst & Einhorn |
Why Business Should Make AIDS Its Business Some multinational companies are taking baby steps to control the AIDS in their workforce, but more needs to be done. |
Salon.com
June 26, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Caught in the act Activist groups are kicked out of U.N. headquarters in a protest at the global AIDS conference... |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005
Stan Crock |
Suddenly Washington Needs The U.N. If Washington and London can persuade other nations to compromise on reform, the U.N. might just implement its most important overhaul in years. |
Reason
September 2004
Prakash Loungani |
Globalization Without Tears The book In Defense of Globalization tries to show that major complaints about the adverse social effects of globalization are mistaken. Globalization in fact reduces poverty and the use of child labor, fosters women's rights, promotes respect for democratic norms, enriches culture, and even sustains the environment. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2006
John S. McClenahen |
Wayne W. Murdy: Gold-Standard Stewardship Newmont Mining Corp. commits to the environment and community health. |
Inc.
November 2003
Rod Kurtz |
How to Shake Djibouti Entrepreneurs believe they can change the world. The United Nations, it seems, is starting to agree. The newly formed Commission on the Private Sector and Development seeks to reduce the obstacles facing small businesses in developing nations. |
Salon.com
July 26, 2002
Ian Williams |
Mary Robinson The outgoing U.N. high commissioner for human rights talks about running afoul of the Bush administration over Israel and the Palestinians, ending the "cycle of impunity" and standing up to bullies. |
Fast Company
January 2004
Christine Canabou |
Fast Talk: Hail, global citizens! Business has become the most powerful institution on the planet. Given that, we wonder: What are its responsibilities to the rest of the world? And how do companies act on those responsibilities? |
Salon.com
June 27, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
A pandemic fueled by poverty A doctor says the fight to get cheap AIDS drugs to Africa is misguided: These people need water, food and basic healthcare... |
Salon.com
September 8, 2000
Ian Williams |
The U.N.'s millennium bash President Clinton shakes Fidel Castro's hand and sits in on a speech by Iran's president at the organization's P.R. bonanza. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 22, 2003
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
When Protestors Knock at Your Door You may not enjoy being targeted by a non-governmental organization, but you better learn how to manage that relationship, say Harvard professor Debora Spar and graduate Lane LaMure. |
ifeminists
August 13, 2002
Wendy McElroy |
Senate Must Not Ratify CEDAW The U.N.'s Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women is objectionable on two grounds: the content and the method through which it would be applied. |
ifeminists
April 29, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
No Oil for Food The political purposes for which the U.N. uses food and medical programs has been the subject of much research and comment. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
Advice and dissent After Seattle and Washington, street protests have become standard features at big international gatherings, along with the traditional speeches and receptions. So the near absence of demonstrators at the IDB's annual meeting in New Orleans last March came as somewhat of a surprise.... |
Reason
March 2003
Ronald Bailey |
Green Earth "Globalization has profound negative impacts on the natural environment," declares Citizen Works, an activist group that Ralph Nader founded in 2001. Is it true? |
ifeminists
March 2, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
U.N. Wrong Forum for Women's Rights How can a self-respecting woman, let alone a feminist, legitimize the U.N. through her presence? The CSW should be in the forefront of those crying out for justice and U.N. accountability. |
ifeminists
August 3, 2005
Carey Roberts |
Another Scandal Brewing at the U.N. Ignoring the life-and-death needs of men, categorically blaming males for the woes of women, and claiming women are a biologically-superior species - these are the hallmarks of a morally-bankrupt organization that is destined to go the way of the League of Nations. |
Salon.com
May 8, 2001
Joe Conason |
Bush league America's ouster from the U.N. Human Rights Commission reveals the arrogant incompetence of Bush's vaunted "wise men"... |
