Keiai University United Nations Global Compact Project

Keiai University
United Nations Global Compact Project

What is the United Nations Global Compact?

In 1999, at the World Economic Forum, then U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan challenged businesses, governments, and academic organizations around the world to adopt ten principles of social responsibility. In addition to such standard considerations as profit, growth, and cost, organizations which pledge to abide by these guidelines are expected to also consider the societal and environmental ramifications of their work.

Academic Version

In order to broaden the scope and understanding of the Global Compact, the United Nations has made provisions for academic organizations to become participants in the program by conducting research on and establishing curricula around the UNGC ten principles.

Keiai University

In 2006, Keiai University became the first Japanese university to participant in the Academic Version of the Global Compact. Keiai is required to report each year to the United Nations on its initiatives which include instruction in CSR (corporate social responsibility), outreach to city officials and local business, and a series of seminars on the meaning and goals of the Global Compact.

Events

One recent talk on the subject of the UNGC was given May 28th,2007

by Akio Nomura
Visiting Professor, Ohkuma School of Public Management,
WASEDA University
Former Director, UN Information Centre (Tokyo)

His talk was entitled “The UN Goals and Business Activities"

News
Please note that this is a provisional site. A permanent homepage for Keiai’s UNGC Project is currently being constructed. Check here soon for the link to that site.

As future events are planned, we will keep the public updated.


Contact
Any inquiries may be directed to:

Mariko Shoji :
Email address [e-mail]

Links

United Nations Global Compact

http://www.unglobalcompact.org/

http://www.citiesprogramme.org/index.php

http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ParticipantsAndStakeholders/academic_participation.html


Other initiatives similar to UNGC

http://www.globalreporting.org/Home

http://www.ethicaltrade.org/


United Nations general

http://www.un.org/

http://www.ohchr.org/english/

http://www.unep.org/

http://www.undp.org/

http://www.unido.org/

http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm

http://www.ilo.org/dyn/declaris/DeclarationWeb.IndexPage

http://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm


Independent groups working on similar issues

http://www.corpwatch.org/index.php

http://multinationalmonitor.org/

http://www.twnside.org.sg/

http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home

http://www.csr-asia.com/index.php?linksid=9

http://www.csreurope.org/default.aspxhttp://www.csreurope.org/default.aspx