In this Book
- Peace through Commerce: Responsible Corporate Citizenship and the Ideals of the United Nations Global Compact
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
Peace through Commerce: Responsible Corporate Citizenship and the Ideals of the United Nations Global Compact contains a foreword, introduction, and twenty-one chapters by major business leaders and scholars who discuss the issues set out by the UN Global Compact. The chapters address the purpose of the corporation; the influence of legal and peace studies; the experience of career NGO officials and of business leaders; how commerce can help promote peace; and how we might envision the future. Ten case studies document the efforts of individual businesses, including IBM, Chevron, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, General Electric, Nestle, and Ford, to successfully serve society’s interests as well as their own. Peace through Commerce will lay the groundwork for courses in business schools on corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, and global environment of business.
Contributors: Mark Moody-Stuart, Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., Marilise Smurthwaite, Timothy L. Fort , Michelle Westermann-Behaylo, Douglass Cassel, Sean O’Brien, John Paul Lederach, Willie Esterhuyse, Mary Anderson, David B. Lowry, Donal A. O’Neill, Klaus M. Leisinger, Ofelia C. Eugenio, Brigitte Hélène Scherrer, Samery Abdelnour, Babiker Badri, Oana Branzei, Susan McGrath, David Wheeler, Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J., Mary Ann Hazen, Brad Simmons, David Berdish, John Bee, Lisa Newton, Stanley Litow, Marshall Greenhut, Bob Corcoran, Daniel Malan, Alexandra Guáqueta, Thomas Costa, Lee Tavis, and Carolyn Y. Woo.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- pp. 1-10
- The Emerging Purpose of the Corporation
- The Purpose of the Corporation
- pp. 13-54
- Influences from the Disciplines of Law and Peace Studies
- Some Lessons from the Experience of Seasoned Professionals
- False Promises and Premises?
- pp. 119-132
- Ensuring the Success of Peace through Commerce
- Some Case Studies
- Producing Generic Medicines in Afghanistan
- pp. 263-282
- Creating Shared Value
- pp. 329-335
- IBM and Corporate Citizenship
- pp. 336-348
- General Electric and Corporate Citizenship
- pp. 349-366
- From Being Apart to Being Partners
- pp. 367-380
- Occidental Petroleum, Cerrej
- pp. 381-402
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- pp. 403-409
- Some Conclusions and a Vision for the Future
- Multinational Enterprises
- pp. 413-430
- Contributors
- pp. 453-454