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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791699803321

Titolo

Peace through commerce [[electronic resource] ] : responsible corporate citizenship and the ideals of the United Nations global compact / / edited by Oliver F. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008

ISBN

0-268-09685-6

0-268-09656-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (536 p.)

Collana

The John W. Houck Notre Dame series in business ethics

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsOliver F

Disciplina

658.4/08

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business

International business enterprises - Social aspects

Corporate power

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The purpose of the corporation / Marilise Smurthwaite -- Moral maturity, peace through commerce, and the partnership dimension / Timothy L. Fort and Michelle Westermann-Behaylo -- Transnational corporate accountability and the rule of law / Douglass Cassel and Sean O'Brien -- The role of corporate actors in peace-building processes : opportunities and challenges / John Paul Lederach -- Broad-based black economic empowerment and the deracialization of the South African economy / Willie Esterhuyse -- False promises and premises? The challenge of peace building for corporations / Mary Anderson -- International concord and intranational discord : a study of Freeport-McMoRan / David B. Lowry -- Impact assessment, transparency, and accountability : three keys to building sustainable partnerships between business and its stakeholders / Donal A. O'Neill -- Stretching the limits of corporate responsibility / Klaus M. Leisinger -- A public-private partnership for enterprise development : the case of the Angola Enterprise Program / Ofelia C. Eugenio -- Producing generic medicines in Afghanistan : opportunities and challenges of a multistakeholder partnership / Brigitte Hélène Scherrer -- Grassroots enterprise development in post-conflict southern Sudan and Darfur : preliminary observations / Samer Abdelnour ... [et al.] -- Ford Motor Company,



human rights, and environmental integrity / Gerald F. Cavanagh ... [et al.] -- Creating shared value : Nestlé S.A. in developing nations / Lisa Newton and John Bee -- IBM and corporate citizenship / Stanley Litow -- General Electric and corporate citizenship : improving the health of the poor in Africa / Marshall Greenhut with Bob Corcoran -- From being apart to being partners : the experience of Barloworld / Daniel Malan -- Occidental Petroleum, Cerrejón, and NGO partnerships in Colombia : lessons learned / Alexandra Guáqueta -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company : secure the future / Thomas Costa -- Multinational enterprises : interacting with nongovernmental organizations / Lee Tavis -- Responsible corporate citizenship and the ideals of the United Nations Global Compact / Oliver F. Williams.