The UNCTC balanced development-country aid against corporate information gathering

Evidence

Within the UN Secretariat, primary responsibility for this task was assigned to the newly created Center on Transnational Corporations, which began its work in November 1975 with a staff of twelve. The UNCTC consisted of three branches: an Advisory Services division, which would assist developing country governments in their negotiations with MNCs; an Information Analysis division, which would gather data on multinational companies; and a Policy Analysis division charged with supporting the Commission’s work on the Code of Conduct. The actual drafting of the Code was carried out by a working group composed of experts from the country-members of the Commission. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1788

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Corporate cooperation with the UNCTC eroded when research results displeased firms. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1791; Two-thirds agreement on the UN corporate code masked irreconcilable North-South divides — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1796; North-South disagreement over compensation and sovereignty doomed the UN corporate code — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1795 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Two-thirds agreement on the UN corporate code masked irreconcilable North-South divides #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1796
• U.S. government opposition, not Heritage alone, drove UNCTC’s closure. #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1814
• Corporate cooperation with the UNCTC eroded when research results displeased firms. #expands (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1791
• North-South disagreement over compensation and sovereignty doomed the UN corporate code #complicates (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1795