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Article

25 Aug 2003

Author:
Chip Pitts, international lawyer and businessman based in Dallas, on KERA [Public TV & Radio for North Texas]

U.N. Norms - A Commentary

The new U.N. Norms on Transnational Business offer the best hope thus far for the world to move beyond this unsustainable dynamic...By encouraging greater internal and external scrutiny of decisions, the new U.N. Norms will contribute to higher quality, more ethical, and more accountable business decisions. This is in the long-term interests not only of shareholders and other stakeholders, but the businesses themselves and the world at large.