Stakeholder Capitalism

  • Paper Examines Effects of Social Movements on Companies

    April 07, 2016

    An article by Panayiotis Georgallis of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor examines how social movements can influence the behavior of corporate leaders and cause them to advance social initiatives, including by making such initiatives more attractive by modifying the expectations of businesses' stakeholders.

  • NGOs Decry "Inadequate" UK Action on BHR Violations

    April 07, 2016

    In a recent petition, the nongovernmental organizations Amnesty International and CORE call on the British Government to grant its National Contact Point ("NCP") under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises more authority to punish corporations, including through criminal sanctions, these NGOs accuse of violating the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.

  • UN Pushes Sustainability Reporting by Small Companies

    April 06, 2016

    The UN Global Compact has announced an initiative through which it will support efforts by companies with fewer than 250 employees in publicly reporting their progress in implementing the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.

  • OECD Contact Point: Company Failed to Uphold Standards in DRC

    April 06, 2016

    The UK National Contact Point of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises has found that natural resources company ENRC violated the Guidelines through its subsidiaries' failure to consult with Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") villages over security and effects of their operations on the local water supply.

  • OECD Body Rates Countries' Compliance with Tax Agreement

    March 31, 2016

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's ("OECD") Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has rated the performance of nearly one hundred jurisdictions on implementing the OECD's global agreement regarding the exchange of tax information and found that compliance with the deal is increasing.

  • NGO Files Complaint with OECD Body over Dam

    March 31, 2016

    The nongovernmental organization Survival International has filed a complaint with the Italian National Contact Point of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises alleging that the construction of a dam by industrial group Salini Impregilo violates the rights of native Ethiopian and Kenyan groups.

  • Under Pressure, University Divests from Private Prisons

    March 16, 2016

    CNN reports that, following pressure from the Afrikan Black Coalition, which argued that investments by the University of California ("UC") in private prison companies supported "white supremacist dehumanization" of minorities, UC has removed its investments from these businesses.

  • UN, NGO Push "Responsible Taxation" for Businesses

    March 03, 2016

    A webinar jointly hosted by the UN Global Compact and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre places pressure on companies to "meet their own human rights responsibilities" by engaging in "responsible taxation" practices that help governments further their economic and social policies.

  • UN Business Network Prepares Local SDG "Action Plan"

    February 25, 2016

    UN Global Compact has announced the launch of its Local Network Sustainable Development Goal ("SDG") Action Plan, which will encourage the group's 80-plus local bodies to implement plans to advance the UN's comprehensive development agenda, including by establishing a "Pioneers" program honoring select companies that further the SDGs.

  • AI Criticizes "Obstacles" for Complaints at UK NCP

    February 24, 2016

    A review by Amnesty International ("AI") of the UK's National Contact Point ("NCP") for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises calls on officials to limit obstacles the NCP has established that reduce the number of claims the body resolves and to provide for "consequences" for companies found to be in breach of the OECD Guidelines.

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