International Business under Adversity

Edited by Gabriele Suder, Pr. Fellow, Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Contents:PrefacePART I: FOUNDATIONS1. Introduction to the Role and Responsibilities of International Business in our Contemporary WorldGabriele G.S. Suder2. Human Rights and Multinational Corporations: The Global Compact and Continuing EvolutionDavid Atkinson and Richard Pierre Claude3. Corporate Social Responsiblity: An International Law PerspectiveAlice de JongePART II: CRITICAL ISSUES4. Instruments of Peace? How Businesses Might Foster Religious HarmonyTimothy L. Fort5. Expropriation of Minority Shareholders or Social Dividend? Beware of Good Corporate CitizensWladimir M. Sachs and Marleen Dieleman6. Information Management and Communication Technology for Conflict Prevention and PeaceJeffrey Soar PART III: DEALING WITH BEST AND WORST PRACTICE7. Adversarial Allies: The Evolving China–India NexusNikhilesh Dholakia8. Corporate Social Performance in a Post-transition Context: The Case of Polish Firms Renata Kaminska-Labbé and Beata Buchelt9. The Sustainable Peace Roles of International Extractive IndustriesDuane WindsorPART IV: THE BIG PICTURE – TOOL KITS10. Sustainable Enterprise and Sustainable FuturesMalcolm McIntosh11. Corporate Social Responsibility as a New Orientation in Response to Crisis Management of Sea Changes and Navigational Dead ReckoningIhsen Ketata and John R. McIntyre12. The Corporate Responsibility in Peace, Conflict Reduction and Crisis Prevention: Human Security for Thriving Markets – A Tool KitGabriele G.S. Suder and Jonathan LefevreIndex

'Business and corporate actions, globally and locally, have often encouraged and aggravated human conflict. Equally evident is the fact that business, if only out of enlightened self-interest, can and should be an integral part of preventing, mitigating and ending violent conflict. This highly complex relationship needs to be seriously studied and discussed with an open mind. Dr. Suder's publication makes an important contribution to this discussion and I recommend the information and analysis contained in this book to a wide audience.'