@incollection{Schmiedeknecht2022, author = {Schmiedeknecht, Maud Helene}, title = {United Nations Global Compact}, booktitle = {Encyclopedia of sustainable management}, editor = {Idowu, Samuel and Schmidpeter, Ren{\´e} and Capaldi, Nicholas and Zu, Liangrong and Del Baldo, Mara and Abreu, Rute}, isbn = {978-3-030-02006-4}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_536-1}, institution = {ESB Business School}, pages = {1 -- 5}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The United Nations (UN) Global Compact is a call to companies to align their strategies and operations with ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, and to take actions that advance societal goals (UN Global Compact 2017, p. 3). The UN Global Compacts' vision is "to mobilize a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholder to create the world we want" (UN Global Compact 2021a). It is a global network with local presence all around the world.}, language = {en} }