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 When
Good Companies Do Bad Things : Responsibility and Risk in an Age
of Globalization by Peter Schwartz, Blair
Gibb.
The notion of corporations taking on social
issues for the greater good is gaining momentum, not only
because of political correctness but because it can actually
strengthen a company's long-term strategy.
Internationally-recognized futurist and author Peter Schwartz,
and Global Business Network principal Blair Gibb examine
well-known cases of companies like Shell, Nike, Texaco, and
Nestle in a new light, effectively illustrating the risks of
corporate assumptions that lead many companies to make poor
choices. Drawing on their own experiences, as well as those of
CEOs and executives they interview, the authors break down the
policies and practices that get in the way of solving the
economic, moral, and practical problems business confronts
around this issue today. They present new approaches that
demonstrate how it is possible to translate social value into
business value...
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Thematic issue of Global Legal Studies Journal
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A group of 28 leaders who have suggested ways to make the
world a better place for all its people. The Commission's report, Our Global
Neighborhood, proposes
improved arrangements for managing our common interests. It suggests measures to enhance
the security of people and management of the world economy and to strengthen the rule of
law. It wants global institutions better equipped to meet the needs of the post-Cold War
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Practically all aspects of food, agriculture, and
environmental protection are affected by global forces. For this reason, IATP devotes
significant attention to the global arena, including policymaking institutions,
cross-border organizing on key issues and the building of collaborations with partners
around the planet. We place an emphasis on understanding and incorporating a historical
perspective in all of our work. As part of our work on the previous GATT/WTO negotiations,
IATP brought together the surviving founders of the post-war global economic institutions
and systems, like the World Bank,
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), and the United Nations to explore the political and economic context
in which these global rules originated and in which they have evolved...
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A new alliance of 60 leading activists, economists,
researchers, and writers representing 19 countries. Responds to the threats of economic
globalization to democracy, communities, human welfare, and the natural environment.
Believes that the world's corporate and political leadership is undertaking a
restructuring of global politics and economics that may prove as historically significant
as any event since the industrial revolution. Site Includes:
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By
Christine Sylvester.
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By Flora Lewis. Like it or not, globalization is here -
in some ways. It isn't a global village, nothing cozy and not that much communal about it.
But things, people and money, especially money, do move around as never before, and more
and more barriers are breached. The porousness of societies isn't even, but it won't be
stopped...
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