Richard D. McCormick, President of International Chamber of Commerce, Chairman Emeritus of U S WEST, Chief Executive Officer of U S WEST from 1991 to 1998 (USA):

"The [United Nations] secretary-general pointed out that both the UN and the world's businesses seek the same thing -- the peaceful development of nations, markets and standards of living.

Increasingly, those efforts involve faraway places and unfamiliar cultures. And it’s important that, as businesses pursue the economic aspects of those goals, they act in harmony with the UN’s higher goals of respecting human rights, upholding fair labor standards and protecting our environment."

[from Good Business Practices Make Sound Commercial Sense (Richard D. McCormick, President, International Chamber of Commerce, in sponsored section of the International Herald Tribune [sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce], 25 Jan. 2001)]