United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations: Corporate Conduct and the Public Interest (Global Institutions)

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2015

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
296 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781317528272
Related ISBNs:
9781315723549, 9781138896536, 9780415733007
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Selection and editorial matter Khalil Hamdani and Lorraine Ruffing
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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