It is now nearly ten years since the United Nations embarked on its latest and most sustained attempt to underpin corporate activity with principles based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The objective, seeking to marry the most effective economic mechanism the world has so far known – the competitive market economy – with the internationally agreed values of society, made eminent sense.

That this destination is still not in sight is owed to a number of causes.

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