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Raising the Bar: Creating Value with the UN Global Compact

Editat de Claude Fussler, Aron Cramer, Sebastian van der Vegt
en Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2004
This book, produced by a unique team of business experts and UN agencies, is designed to fill a critical void-between the support of more than 1,000 organisations for the globally recognised Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and the need for this support to be translated into the day-to-day running of business to create value and improve performance. 
The ten Global Compact Principles cover human rights, labour standards, environmental responsibility and anti-corruption. But what does it mean to implement the Compact and its principles? How can the broad brush strokes of the Principles form the basis of management change? And how should companies establish benchmarks and performance indicators for implementation? For many companies, the journey is just starting. How can they ensure that they align with the Global Compact in ways that continue to reward their other business objectives? How should they embrace and capitalise on the Global Compact's potential for bringing together business, the public sector, trade unions and civil society in new partnerships? 
The aim of this book is to answer these questions by providing a performance model clearly grounded on the total quality management approach to assist businesses in putting the Global Compact into practice. Raising the Bar collects together and categorises a wealth of corporate responsibility tools, good practice and case studies in a structure familiar to anyone aware of business excellence models and demonstrates that values create value-leadership commitment to the Global Compact can impact both the boardroom and the shop floor, public image and balance sheet. 
Full of graphics and designed with accessibility in mind, the book will be a goldmine for managers looking for inspiration on how their businesses can be good corporate citizens and real proof that good business is also good for the bottom line.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781874719823
ISBN-10: 1874719829
Pagini: 236
Dimensiuni: 297 x 210 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Cuprins

From the UN Secretary-General Preface  Why this book matters Georg Kell  The UN Global Compact's Principles Summary of tools and case studies Abbreviations of organisations  The Global Compact: an extraordinary journey John G. Ruggie, Harvard University, USA  Part 1 1. The UN Global Compact: a primer on the principles 2. Getting started: first steps 3. The Global Compact performance model 4. On stakeholder engagement and partnerships  Part 2 5. Forming a vision 6. Leadership decisions 7. Empowerment for implementation 8. Policies and strategies 9. Allocating resources 10. Processes and innovation  Part 3 11. Impact on employees 12. Impact on value chain 13. Impact on society 14. Communication of progress and results  Performance and value creation Claude Fussler  Further reading

Recenzii

The book's sub-title makes its purpose clear. The aim is to help the growing number of companies that have signed up for the Compact's ten principles to deliver against the implied promises. This is a key book. If a majority of signatory companies have not got well down this path three years from now, we should seriously question whether the Compact deserves a UN-endorsed future. - SustainAbility Radar, August 2004 - John Elkington
This book will become a valuable handbook that sits next to the telephone of every CSI, CRS or Sustainability Manager. I suspect it may also be useful to the Communication Manager or the Crisis Communications Team to act as a source for reality checks and benchmarking. A must for every corporate library and an excellent reference work. - Eagle Bulletin 15.1 (July 2004) 
 ... unquestionably one of the most concise explanations available about the doctrines of the Global Compact ... The tools described in the book give executives a road map to follow the principles with rigor and, perhaps, with more precision than some companies have managed so far ... the experts delve into a 10-step plan-do-check-act approach required to embed the Global Compact into the routine operations of the corporation... - Crosslands Bulletin
It is a timely, necessary and an essential addition not only to those organisations who have already engaged with the United Nations Global Compact, but for those who have been considering it and for those who want to consider it. - The Corporate Citizen, Vol. 4 Issue 2 (2004)
... a comprehensive reference guide produced by a international team of experts. - Industry and Environment, September 2004
Win-win options are brilliantly summarised ... This book, in combinations with other available resources ... will act to strengthen corporate environment and social responsibility. - Natural Resources Forum, November 2004

Notă biografică

Fussler, Claude; Cramer, Aron; Vegt, Sebastian van der

Descriere

This book provides a comprehensive toolbox designed to fill a critical void - between the support of more than 1,000 organisations for the globally recognised Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and the need for this support to be translated into the day-to-day running of business to create value and improve performance.