With notable exceptions such as the UN Global Compact, the OECD Multinational Enterprise Guidelines and the ILO Tripartite Declaration, government support for corporate social responsibility (CSR) has never been very strong.

CSR is normally seen as non-regulatory initiatives by the business sector to show its good (corporate) citizenship, and hence the government role is marginal.

This situation, however, is gradually changing. The adoption on 5 December 2007 by the UN General Assembly of the resolution “Towards global partnerships” in many ways highlights the shift in thinking which is occurring.

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