This study analyzes which firms leave multi-stakeholder initiatives for corporate social responsibility. Based on an analysis of all active and delisted business participants from the United Nations Global Compact between 2000 and 2015 (n=15,853), we find that small and medium-sized enterprises...

Government and CSR: hands visible and invisible -- National government and international corporate social responsibility -- Government and corporate social responsibility: from domestic to international spheres -- Government and non-financial reporting: public policy in Denmark -- Governments...

This paper contextualises current debates over human rights and transnational corporations. More specifically, we begin by first providing the background to John Ruggie's appointment as ‘Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations...