Normative spaces and the UN Global Compact for transnational corporations: the norm diffusion paradox

Regime theorists argue that international regimes and institutions are based on principles, norms and decision-making procedures that constitute a set of patterned behaviours around which expectations converge. The notion of these institutionalised ‘logics of appropriateness’ has led to the proliferation of many global norms, such as the UN Global Compact, that are considered to govern the practices of multinational corporations in the...