UN Global Compact

Write a persuasive piece of internal communication addressed to your company, as a member of staff. The goal of the submission is to propose recommendations to achieve or improve compliance with two principles of the Global Compact. In your own words, the Submission will: • Review and present a selection of business practices and/or approaches from your company and other companies from similar industries that may be used to achieve compliance to the two principles of the Global Compact. • Discuss both the positive and negative lessons learned from these business practices and approaches. • Develop business practice recommendations which will improve compliance to the two Global Compact principles. These should be based on the review you have undertaken and your understanding of the lessons learnt. • Discuss the benefits, challenges and implications for key stakeholders if these recommendations are implemented. Requirements • 2.5cm margins and 1.5pt line spacing. Arial, Calibri, Times New Roman or Cambria font • At least 1500 words, max 1800 words (exceeding the word limit WILL incur a 5% penalty for every 50 words or part there-of over the allowable limit) • Well-structured writing • Use of expected grammatical and punctuation conventions (for writing in Australian English) • Well supported arguments using scholarly sources • Should include an executive summary at the start of your Submission
Human Rights • Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and • Principle 2: Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.