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Toward A Consultative Relationship Between The United Nations And Non-Governmental Organizations?, Michael M. Gunter

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

What do consultative relationships entail? What has been the impact on United Nations policies? What has gone wrong? Why has the consultative relationship failed to live up to expectations? What are the chances for ameliorating the present malaise and moving towards a new, reinvigorated consultative relationship? This article will address these questions now being raised in the current discussions about revitalizing ECOSOC.

Legislating Business Morality: A Look At Efforts By Two International Organizations To Deal With Questionable Behavior By Transnational Corporations, James S. Glascock

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The news media have been filled in recent years with stories of questionable conduct by transnational corporations (TNCs). Allegations and admissions of bribes and "dubious" payments or "improper" benefits to governmental and political figures and groups have been rife. In response, numerous national bodies have set about the task of investigating and dealing with questionable TNC conduct. In the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the State Department, the Defense Department, the Justice Department, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Congress, and the Executive have been active on the problem.

Various international bodies have also …

Fact And Fiction Concerning Multinational Labor Relations, John C. Shearer

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This article briefly reviews the magnitude, nature, and growth of the foreign investments of American-based MNCs, especially those in the nine member countries of the European Community (EC), and summarizes the major union fears and aspirations that arise from the rapid growth in scope and power of MNCs. The article focuses on the realities and fantasies surrounding the prospects for multinational collective bargaining with MNCs, which is widely viewed as the most feasible means by which unions can protect their vital interests threatened by MNCs. Unfortunately, in discussions of this matter considerable fiction is often mixed with fact. Some observers …