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Guidance on Responsible Business in Conflict-Affected & High-Risk Areas: A Resource for Companies & Investors |
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The Guidance aims to assist companies in implementing responsible business practices in conflict-affected and high-risk areas consistent with the Global Compact ten principles. The focus is to provide a common reference point for constructive dialogue between companies and investors on what constitutes responsible business practices in difficult operating environments. This voluntary guidance is designed to stimulate learning and dialogue and to promote collective action and innovative partnerships through Global Compact Local Networks and other initiatives. It was developed by the United Nations Global Compact Office, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative and an expert group comprised of company representatives, investors, civil society leaders, UN representatives and others. (UNGC/PRI, 2010) |
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Doing Business While Advancing Development and Peace |
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Provides illustrative examples of how companies from a variety of sectors are positively contributing to peace and development in conflict-prone or post-conflict operating environments. (UNGC, 2010) |
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Doing Business in a Multi-Cultural World: Challenges and Opportunities |
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This publication helps companies to address cross-cultural issues and explore how they can facilitate intercultural understanding in ways that benefit both business and society. (UNGC/UN Alliance of Civilizations, 2009) |
Sustaining Business and Peace: a Resource Pack for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
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This new resource has been developed to assist SMEs in understanding how corporate responsibility strategies and activities can contribute to peace and development. (UNGC/International Alert, 2009) |
Enabling Economies of Peace: Public Policy for Conflict-Sensitive Business |
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This publication — now in its second edition — identifies a range of concrete actions that Governments and international organizations can undertake to better assist private-sector efforts to promote effective conflict-sensitive business practices. (UNGC, revised 2009) |
The Business of Peace |
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This publication outlines the role of business in conflict and the ways in which business can make a positive contribution to conflict prevention and resolution. (International Alert/Council on Economic Priorities/The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, 1999) |
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Global Compact Policy Paper Series: Case Studies of Multi-Stakeholder Partnership, Policy Dialogue on Business in Zones of Conflict |
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Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships bring together partners with diverse interests, typically government, international organizations, NGOs and representatives of the business community in order to achieve common goals. Such partnerships may be entered into to reduce or prevent violent conflict, to manage the effects of such a conflict or to rebuild a country. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships are a recent phenomenon and they have proved valuable to partners as well as to the people living in zones of conflict. These case studies illustrate a number of different multi-stakeholder partnerships, the process that leads to the formation of these partnerships and the lessons learned. The case studies show that partnerships can be a useful tool in the effort to prevent outbreak of conflict and to rebuild a peaceful society. They may serve as good examples for future projects. (UNGC, 2002) |
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Global Compact Policy Paper Series: Conflict Prevention and Revenue-Sharing Regimes |
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Revenue sharing is an important instrument that companies may use to help promote stability. The function of revenue-sharing is to define a system for the allocation of social investments by companies and for the payments of taxes and royalties from the company to the host government. It includes equitable distribution of resources, compensation for resettlement or loss of land and strategic economic and social investment. Revenue-Sharing may help to ameliorate conflict situations. This policy paper is a product of the Global Compact Policy Dialogue on “ The role of the Private Sector in Zones of Conflict” . It analyzes the essential factors for creating functional revenue-sharing regimes to contain socio-economic tensions that promote conflict. The report concludes with examples of current revenue-sharing regimes. (UNGC, 2002) |
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Global Compact Business Guide for Conflict Impact Assessment and Risk Management |
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| This Guide aims to aid companies in developing strategies that minimize the negative effects and maximize the positive effects of investing in areas of conflict or potential conflict. The goal of the Guide is to help companies contribute to conflict prevention and a sustainable business environment in the countries where they operate. The Business Guide addresses Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Labour, Environment and Transparency. (UNGC, 2002) | |
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Global Compact Policy Dialogue: Recommendations on Transparency |
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In many conflict situations there are problems of failed governance and in some cases economic interests can contribute to conflict. Institutional and governance structures may be weak, allowing leaders to remain in power through patronage. Foreign investors may contribute sizeable amounts to the funding of such administrations in the form of taxes, royalties and other fees. In some situations, such resources are not accountable to the general public and they become vehicles for embezzlement, fraud, corruption and the funding of conflicts. If such revenues were effectively and transparently managed, they could contribute significantly to successful growth and poverty reduction. To achieve economic growth and development, a just and honest government is a prerequisite. As this involves a complex set of corrective actions a partner-based approach can generate positive synergy between business, civil society and governments. The Global Compact Recommendations on Transparency contain address all these different actors. (UNGC, 2004) |
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