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Global Compact: A Critique Of The U.N.'S "Public-Private" Partnership For Promoting Corporate Citizenship, Surya Deva

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

this article aims to critically evaluate the evolution of, and the progress made by, the Global Compact in making participant corporations "embrace, support and enact" the ten Compact principles. Part I offers insights into the evolution of the Global Compact by critically reviewing the major milestones reached in the last seven years - from the backing of U .N. General Assembly resolutions to the integrity measures, the Shanghai Declaration, the principles for responsible investment, and the new governance framework. Part II elaborates the argument why the Global Compact is still too compact to be termed global in the true sense. …