The role of business in fostering peaceful societies /

The role of business in fostering peaceful societies /

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Author / Creator:Fort, Timothy L., 1958-
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 232 pages : .) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Social responsibility of business.
Peace.
Peace.
Social responsibility of business.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813959
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Other authors / contributors:Schipani, Cindy A.
ISBN:9780511488634
0511488637
051126528X
9780511265280
9780511266003
0511266006
0511262132
9780511262135
0511263732
9780511263736
0521832624
1107160758
9781107160750
1280750030
9781280750038
0511317646
9780511317644
0511264569
9780511264566
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:"Relevant for academic and practitioners, the books shows how companies can encourage collaborative working across borders, discourage corruption and create citizenship and problem-solving practices which tend to reduce violence and increase social harmony."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Fort, Timothy L., 1958- Role of business in fostering peaceful societies. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 0521832624
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

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