Date: 2009
Type: Working Paper
International Responsibility and Accountability of the Corporation: International Initiatives for Holding Corporations to Account and their Viability with regard to Private Military and Security Companies
Working Paper, EUI AEL, 2009/29, PRIV-WAR project
MACLEOD, Sorcha, MCARDLE, Scarlett, International Responsibility and Accountability of the Corporation: International Initiatives for Holding Corporations to Account and their Viability with regard to Private Military and Security Companies, EUI AEL, 2009/29, PRIV-WAR project - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/13575
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
While there has been much focus elsewhere on PMSC-specific regulatory projects, as business actors,
there is no reason to suggest that PMSCs are, or indeed ought to be, excluded from the scope of
broader Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. This report identifies and evaluates the
international CSR initiatives which may encompass PMSC behaviour. It describes some historical
CSR initiatives at the UN but focuses, in particular, on the recent work of the UN’s Global Compact,
the OECD and European Union. It concludes that both the Global Compact and OECD offer viable
soft law options for regulating PSMC behaviour.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/13575
ISSN: 1831-4066
Series/Number: EUI AEL; 2009/29; PRIV-WAR project