The creation of a safe and stable legal, political and corporate environment must be the absolute priority.

Women have led the way to protest corporate encroachment on the rain forest and its life sustaining, planet sustaining environment.

Greater corporate accountability should not be restricted to the environment and labor standards but also take into account the full panoply of human rights.

These may be philanthropic in nature, but may also involve undertakings on corporate conduct in the areas of environment, fair labour practices, and human rights.

Private sector initiatives to meet corporate environmental goals and develop more environment friendly products as part of strategic marketing initiatives are also drivers of change.

Strengthen the role of the audit committee of the board and establish the basic framework of information disclosure for environment, social responsibility and corporate governance (ESG).

Improved economic performance, a more favourable policy environment and corporate profitability, as well as an increase in M A activity in the region, are key underlying factors.

The Global Compact advocates that corporate strategies and operations be rooted in core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti corruption.

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

Interest has been expressed by corporate entities in promoting crime prevention programmes that enhance their operations in the region and create the necessary environment to support their investments.

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.

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.

The implementation of the ICT strategic plan is dependent on the overall corporate strategy action plan, as the future structure of UNOPS will determine the structure and resource requirements of the ICT environment.

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.

The panellist from Panama said that the definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR) went beyond legal norms related to labour quality, environment and human rights and the implementation of standards (in particular ISO standards).

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 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.