The Role of Business in Fostering Peaceful Societies

by Timothy L. Fort, Cindy A. Schipani

Overview

Global protests give the misleading impression that multinational business interests are at odds with creating a responsible and peaceful society. This book argues against this misconception and contends that businesses can actively contribute to peace within societies. Firms that promote economic development, allow external evaluation of their affairs, and build a sense of community both within the company and in the wider society can in fact make a great contribution to fostering peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107402591
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/24/2011
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Associate Professor of Business Law and Business Ethics at University of Michigan Business School.

Chair of Law, History and Communication and Professor of Business Law at the University of Michigan Business School.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. The Plausibility of Connecting Business and Peace: 1. The role of business in fostering sustainable peace; 2. Balances of power and mediators of justice; Part II. Current Standards and their Amenability to Peace: 3. Corporate governance and sustainable peace; 4. Ethical business behavior and sustainable peace; Part III. Two Illustrative Issues: Gender and Ecology: 5. Gender, voice and correlations with peace; 6. The ecological challenges of war: the natural environment and disease; Conclusion.