Transnational Corporations: Impediments or Catalysts of Social Development?

Occasional Paper No. 5, World Summit for Social Development

by Eric Kolodner

• Preface
• Introduction: The Prevalence of Transnational Corporations
• Part 1: The Role of TNCs in Social Development
  • Direct Effects of TNCs on Social Development
    • Employment
      • Quantity
      • Quality
    • Consumer Issues and Health Ramifications
    • Environmental Resources
  • Indirect Effects of TNCs on Social Development
    • Economic Growth
    • Transfer of Technology
    • Transnational Corporations and Taxes
  • Transnational Corporations and Economic and Social Equality
  • The Special Case of Corporate Charity
• Part 2: Rights and Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations
  • The Rights of Transnational Corporations
  • The Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations
    • Codes of Conduct
    • Limits to Corporate Social Responsibility
• Part 3: Institutional Arrangements and Pressures to Foster Transnational Corporate Responsibility
  • Governmental Efforts
    • Sub-National and National Level
    • International Level
      • Code of Conduct
      • Regulatory Efforts
  • Non-Governmental/Citizen Organization Efforts
    • Corporate Boycotts
    • Codes of Conduct
    • Alternative Investment Strategies
  • Conclusion
• Bibliography

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