The Role of Business in Fostering Peaceful Societies [Hardcover]

This 2004 book looks at how business can foster responsible working practices and contribute to a peaceful society.This book offers a fresh approach to understanding responsible business practice. Global protests give a 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 community can in fact make a great contribution to fostering peace.This book offers a fresh approach to understanding responsible business practice. Global protests give a 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 community can in fact make a great contribution to fostering peace.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.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. CorplN