At the corporate level, UNDP has tended to move rapidly from one area of focus to another.

In fact, the immediate significant impact of firms and their good corporate behaviour is in the economic area and especially on development.

What are the lessons that can be learned from the area of corporate social responsibility, both in terms of approaches and in terms of disseminating best practices?

Grundsatzkommission Corporate Governance (German Panel for Corporate Governance) (2000). Corporate Governance Rules for German Quoted Companies.

In the area of corporate governance and transparency, assistance has been provided to Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Given UNCTAD's new mandate in the area of corporate responsibility, it was proposed that it engage stakeholders in action oriented policy dialogue through the UNCTAD ICC Investment Advisory Council.

If the twenty second session finds these revisions comprehensive and acceptable, it could recommend the finalization and dissemination of this report as voluntary guidance on good practices on corporate governance disclosure that could contribute towards further convergence of disclosures in this area to improve corporate transparency and facilitate investment.

Statement on Global Corporate Governance Principles. International Corporate Governance Network.

Revised Statement on Global Corporate Governance Principles. International Corporate Governance Network.

Finance Committee on Corporate Governance (2000). Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance.

After deliberating on various aspects of corporate responsibility reporting, the Group of Experts had agreed to continue its work in that area with a view to developing guidance on voluntary disclosures.

Corporate Governance Committee (2004). The Belgian Code on Corporate Governance ('Lippens Code')

Committee on Corporate Governance (1999). Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance.

Corporate strategy

Corporate responsibility

Corporate leaders realized that economic incentives accrued from being a good corporate citizen.

Cross border investment towards the euro area has increased, although here it is more difficult to disentangle the effect of the single currency from other concomitant events (such as privatizations or corporate mergers).

Committee on Corporate Governance (1997). Corporate Governance in the Netherlands Forty Recommendations (Peters Code).

European Corporate Governance Institute. (In particular, see index of corporate governance codes by country.

Corporate specific reasons.

Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code (2005). The German Corporate Governance Code ('Cromme Code')

JPK Working Group I on Corporate Governance in Malaysia (2000). Report on Corporate Governance in Malaysia.

The second focus area is aimed at facilitating the entry of SMEs into international markets and value chains through the promotion of export consortia and the promotion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business partnerships.

The Secret Corporate Takeover

The Corporate Tax Conundrum

Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

Operationalizing the corporate strategy

Corporate and income tax

In the ensuing discussion, questions were raised regarding the precise definitions of general terms such as corporate responsibility , corporate social responsibility and positive corporate contribution , and regarding the notion of a corporate responsibility for development, as well as UNCTAD's mandate in this regard.

Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa (Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance) (2001). Code of Best Practice of Corporate Governance.

General Motors Board of Directors (2000). GM Board of Directors Corporate Governance Guidelines on Significant Corporate Governance Issues.

Corporate strategy Vision 2006 2007

What Corporate Tax for Europe?

Expert Meeting on Positive Corporate

Commonwealth Association of Corporate Governance.

(5) Corporate governance and its status

Quick example from the corporate world.

Compassion takes on a corporate dynamic.

The UNIDO corporate strategy states that

Internal audit and corporate risk management

(l) Forest ethics and corporate responsibility

Euroshareholders (2000). Euroshareholders Corporate Governance Guidelines.

Corporate Governance in Europe, KPMG Survey.

Treatment of corporate groups in insolvency

Since 1992, the Privatisation and Enterprise Reform Unit of the OECD has been involved in a process of developing rules and policies for transition and emerging market governments in the area of legal reform, focusing on privatization, insolvency and corporate law.