Nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations have become prominent participants in a global organizational responsibility movement. This trend of nonprofit responsibility is puzzling because nonprofits are presumably already dedicated to the pursuit of collective well-being objectives. This article examines the nonprofit responsibility movement from a cultural perspective, whereby broader cultural changes at the level of international organizations have constructed nonprofit entities as empowered and socially responsible actors. Using the case of the United Nations Global Compact, a global framework for corporate social responsibility, the author shows how (1) the construction of cultural meanings of autonomy and decentralization in the neoliberal context, (2) existing institutional structures, and (3) the delegation of responsibility to nonprofit organizations have enabled nonprofit organizations to become active participants in the global organizational responsibility movement. This article utilizes documentary data from the United Nations as well as previously-existing interviews with United Nations officials.

非营利组织和非政府组织已成为全球组织责任运动的重要参与者。非营利责任的这种趋势令人困惑，因为非营利组织大概已经致力于实现集体福祉目标。本文从文化的角度考察了非营利组织的责任运动，由此，国际组织层面上更广泛的文化变革将非营利组织构建为受权和对社会负责的行为者。作者以联合国全球契约为企业社会责任的全球框架，说明了（1）如何在新自由主义背景下构建自治和权力下放的文化含义，（2）现有的体制结构，（3）将责任委派给非营利组织使非营利组织成为全球组织责任运动的积极参与者。本文利用了来自联合国的文献数据以及以前与联合国官员的访谈。