Front Cover -- Beyond the UN Global Compact: Institutions and Regulations -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- The Global Compact: Corporate Sustainability in the Post 2015 World -- Introduction: New Global Alliances to Meet Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Post 2015 -- Corporate Sustainability and Internationalisation -- The Global Compact and Sustainable Supply Chain Management -- Financial Markets and the Global Compact -- The Equator Principles: Environmental and Social Risk Management for Projects -- Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) -- Global Compact 100 (GC 100) -- Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) -- Global Compact Local Networks (GCLNs) -- Global Compact Reporting Initiatives -- Communication on Progress (COP), and Communication on Engagement (COE) -- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) -- Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) -- Censures and Advocates to the UN Global Compact -- Acknowledgement -- References -- International Business Risk Management and the Emerging Market Crises as Challenges for the UN Global Compact -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- MNCs Risk Management in Their Subsidiaries in the Emerging Markets -- FDIs and the Emerging Markets Currency Crises -- Methodology and Findings -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Websites -- The Institutionalization of CSR: At the Crossroads of Home and Host Countries Institutional Settings, Multinational Corpora... -- Introduction -- MNCs, Globalization, and CSR -- Method -- Ideas, Discourses, and Practices around CSR -- The Challenges of a Multiple-Logics Interinstitutional System -- Home- and Host-Country Institutional Contexts -- Discussion and Concluding Comments -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Incorporating Voluntary Standards into National Law: An Overview of the Scandinavian Experience -- Introduction -- What Is Meant by 'Financial Market' and What Are the Relevant Markets? -- A Selection of Commonly Recognised Voluntary Reporting Standards -- The UN Global Compact -- The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises -- The European Union Eco-Management and Audit Scheme -- International Organisation for Standardisation -- Carbon Disclosure Project -- Global Reporting Initiative -- National Incorporation of Voluntary Standards into Legally Binding Obligations: Where Can We Find Best Practice - Scandinav... -- Denmark -- Norway -- Sweden -- Finland -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Corporate Impact on the Environment and the Judicial Development of the Norm of Corporate Sustainability: Implications for ... -- Introduction -- The Ecological Concept of Sustainability and the Legal Principle of Sustainability -- The Tension between 'Development' and 'Environment' -- Greening the Concept of 'Justice' - Process and Substantive Rights -- Ideological Considerations and Practical Solutions -- Eco-Centrism and Anthropocentrism -- Human Rights and Sustainable Development -- Sustainable Development as 'Western Ideology of Nature' -- Conservative and Liberal Tendencies/Activists and Strict Constructionists -- Some Implications from the Point of View of the Global Compact -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sustainable Processes and Production Methods (PPMs) in Private Standards: A Proxy for Trade Barriers or Decentralised Mecha... -- Introduction -- The Concept and Taxonomy of PPMs -- Environmental PPMs: Important Steps towards Sustainable Development? -- Sustainable PPMs in Private Environmental Standards -- Private Environmental Standards Based on PPMs: A New Source of Non-Trade Barriers?.

Governance Issues in Private Environmental Standards -- Summary -- Notes -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Environmental Sustainability in the CAFTA-DR Region: Impact of the Treaty's Environmental Provisions on Country and Multina... -- Introduction -- CAFTA-DR Background -- CAFTA-DR Specific Environmental Obligations -- Literature Review -- Sustainability Assessment -- Criteria for Environmental Sustainability -- Methodology -- Data -- Findings -- CAFTA-DR Country Level Sustainability -- CAFTA-DR Sustainability Initiatives -- Firm Level Environmental Sustainability -- UN Global Compact Sustainability Initiative -- Concluding Remarks -- Recommendations -- References -- IFRS Adoption and the Environment: Is Africa Closing Her Eyes to Something? -- Introduction -- Issues from Related Literature -- State of IFRS Adoption in Africa -- Research Method -- Empirical Model -- Modification of the EKC Model -- Variable Definitions -- Method of Analysis -- Data -- Empirical Analysis and Discussions -- Causality between IFRS Adoption and Environmental Pollution -- Interactive Term -- Robustness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- APPENDIX -- Innovation-Driven Economic Development Model: A Way to Enable Competitiveness in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Resource-Driven or Innovation-Driven Economy -- Overview of Competitiveness in Nigeria -- Policy Implications -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Governments as Owners: Nationalization of International Business and Social Responsibility -- Introduction -- Nationalization and Privatization -- Corporate Social Responsibility, When Governments Are Owners -- Nationalizations and Internationalization Specific Advantages of States and Domestic Investors -- Final Comments and Recommendations for Further Studies -- References.

Public Management And Smart Mobs despite the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil: Reflections on the Contemporary Organizational ... -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Smart Mobs -- Public Management Models -- Public Management Models in Brazil -- Principle 10 (Anti-Corruption) of United Nations Global Compact Initiative -- Approach -- Findings -- Final Remarks -- References -- Trade Openness, Financial Liberalization, Economic Growth, and Environment Effects in the North-South: New Static and Dynam... -- Introduction -- Relevant Literature -- Economic Development and Environment -- Trade and Environmental Performance -- Financial Development and Environmental Performance -- Data and Descriptive Statistics -- Control Variable -- Methodology -- Static Panel Least Square Estimation -- Dynamic Panel GMM Estimation -- Empirical Results -- Static Panel LS Estimation Results -- Dynamic Panel GMM Estimation Results -- Additional Robustness Checks -- Conclusions and Implications -- References -- APPENDIX -- List of Countries -- Labour Relations and International Business: The Doctrine of Constructive Dismissal and Labour Relations in Malaysia -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Employment and Labour Rights in Malaysia -- Constructive Dismissal -- Some of the Constructive Dismissal Awards -- Transfer of a Workman -- Setting Unreasonable Targets -- Unilateral of Changes in Contract -- Payment of Wages -- Repudiation of Contract -- Breach of Implied Term -- Back Wages and Compensation for Constructive Dismissal -- Establishing Constructive Dismissal -- Some Recommendations to Reduce Constructive Dismissal Cases -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Websites -- About the Authors.