Corporate responsibility

(a) To identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights

Monitoring of progress at all levels of action will be needed on the basis of criteria of corporate responsibility and accountability developed from a human rights perspective.

The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was cited as a possible model in this regard Define the norms for regulating PMCs and PSCs.

The Special Representative recalled that his mandate called for him to identify and clarify standards of responsibility and accountability of business with regard to human rights, and that he was beginning to grapple with how to do so.

Fewer and fewer companies will meet basic risk criteria.

The programme of work focused in particular on paragraph (a) of the Special Representative's mandate, which requests him to identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights .

Contributing States have an onus to ensure staff selected measure up to United Nations standards

The core level included clear and prime accountability on the part of companies for the human rights of their employees.

The degree of differences between codes may reflect the degree to which company law or listing standards specify board responsibilities.

It was also important to place corporate responsibility in its proper context.

We have a situation where private companies are applying censorship standards that are often quite arbitrary and generally more narrow than the free speech constitutional standards that we have in democracies.

In their view, companies have a responsibility to ensure that the benefits of globalization are shared equally.

42. The Department completed a study on transnational corporations and climate change and disseminated criteria for sustainable management development.

We have overhauled our legal system, and we are adopting high standards of good governance in the corporate and public sector.

Where there was a need for corporate standards and regulatory enforcement, it was the responsibility of the particular Governments to act.

In the ensuing discussion, questions were raised regarding the precise definitions of general terms such as corporate responsibility , corporate social responsibility and positive corporate contribution , and regarding the notion of a corporate responsibility for development, as well as UNCTAD's mandate in this regard.

We have a situation where private companies are applying censorship standards that are often quite arbitrary and generally more narrow than the free speech constitutional standards that we have in democracies.

Related to this comply or explain rule, some countries now require companies with foreign listings to disclose the extent to which the local governance practices differ from the foreign listing standards.

12. Further reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

11. Further reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Corporate responsibility was reflected under subprogramme 2, in response to paragraph 58 of the São Paulo Consensus.

Nevertheless, many corporate responsibility initiatives currently came directly from industry.

Further reaffirms to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Further reaffirms to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Some leading TNCs from different sectors have therefore made a commitment to make CR a strategic concern in their worldwide operations.

CACG Guidelines stress that evaluations should be based on objective criteria.

It was important to establish regulatory standards and procedures against which activity on the part of individuals or companies could be measured to determine if they were illegal.

The report does not provide any proposals for addressing the problems arising from the export of polluting technologies from developed to developing countries, the conduct of transnational companies and the issue of corporate responsibility and accountability.

The Office of Ethics, once established, will be responsible for standard setting on ethics issues and training, in coordination with the Office of Human Resources Management.

Indicator of achievement (e) (i) should read (i) Increased number of companies adhering to the relevant provisions of the World Summit on Sustainable Development with regard to corporate responsibility and the Global Compact .

(c) Human rights standards applicable to transnational corporations and other business enterprises that dump toxic and dangerous products and wastes

The Provisional Institutions of Self Government have not taken responsibility for monitoring resource allocation and expenditures against the fair share financing norms agreed for the municipalities.

The Expert Meeting will commence this process by identifying the areas that are in the common interest of countries and firms, and determining what companies think the economic dimension of the CR concept could involve.

(a) To identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights

The next level included corporate accountability for surrounding communities and customers to avoid acts that negatively affected their rights.

Governments could establish criteria that would need to be met by the companies wishing to be included in the databases, and monitor continuing compliance with those criteria.

No human rights standards were to be ignored in favour of others.

The codification of standards for the care of children began as early as 1947 with the Rules of Childcare, in which the State assumed responsibility for providing childcare.

Host countries have a responsibility to ensure that TNCs operate in manner consistent with their domestic and international human rights obligations.

(c) Business Leaders' Initiative on Human Rights an initiative that brings together 10 companies for a three year period to explore the ways that human rights standards and principles can inform issues of corporate responsibility and corporate governance

Finally, it is important to have appropriate environmental standards that monitor and set controls on adverse externalities generated by firms.

Business participants in particular highlighted the difficulties faced in ensuring minimum labour standards when national laws were not clear

Companies can target local suppliers of goods and services, provide training and technical assistance to help them attain necessary standards of performance, and help fund local initiatives.

The panellist from the UN Research Institute for Social Development reflected on the institutional and policy dimensions of corporate responsibility.