Role of Large Enterprises in Democracy and Society

BARBARA FRYZEL graduated from the University of Economics in Krakow, Poland (MSc in Corporate Finance) followed by a PhD in Economics, Management Sciences from the Jagiellonian University, where she is currently an Associate Professor of Management. She was an Honorary Research Fellow at the University College London in 2006-2008 and is the Laureate of the Fellowship Program for Young Scientists from the Foundation for Polish Science. She has extensive management experience from her previous commercial engagements in Poland including Real Estate Administration Manager for British Petroleum, Commercial Manager for Ahold Real Estate Europe and Associate Director Professional Consultancy for CBRE.   PAUL H. DEMBINSKI is Professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and Director of the Foundation of the Observatoire de la Finance in Geneva, Switzerland. He is Founder and Editor of the bilingual journal, Finance& the Common Good/Bien Commun. He has written many books and scientific articles in the field of internationalization of enterprises, competition, ethics and finance.

• PART I: DEMOCRACY AND CORPORATE LOBBYING Private Interests and Democracy; J.Krzysztof Bielecki The Dialectics of Democracy: Common-particular and Public-private; R.Alvira Democracy, Networks of Power and Trust in Eastern Europe: Considerations about the Syndrome of Political Personalism; N.Hayoz Voice of Enterprises and Political Game: Corporate World and its Single Voice; L.Mortreuil European Transparency Initiative: Monitoring Brussels Lobbying; A.Melich PART II: CORPORATE POWER Economic Power and Social Responsibility of Very Big Enterprises: Facts and Challenges; P.H.Dembinski Economic Power: Competition Law, Economic Evaluation and Policy Implications; V.Smith Hillman &  A.Scott International Companies in Places of Instability, the Issue of Mutual Capture; J.Welby Ethical Dilemmas for Large Corporations in Under-developed Countries; P.Booth PART III: ARE THE CORPORATIONS REALLY RESPONSIVE TO SOCIAL CONCERNS? Implementation of Compliance Programmes in Multinational Organizations; J.Mean The Implementation of CSR as a New Social Contract in Poland; J.Filek Stakeholder Dialogue in Polish Organizations; B.Fryzel The Role of NGOs in Promoting Responsible Business Practice; P.Davis PART IV: GLOBAL ISSUES IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY In Search for a New Balance: The Ethical Dimension of the Crisis; W.Gasparski, A.Lewicka-Strzalecka, B.Rok &  Dariusz Bak Corporate Responsibility in the Multi-stakeholder Collaboration in Social Governance; M.Sauquet, A.Lalucq &  M.Vielajus The Fabrics of Knowledge: The Role of Large Corporations in Knowledge Production and Dissemination; L.Fekete &  Z.Boda The Role of Corporation in Forming Employee Values and Behaviors; S.Dunin-Wasowicz Big Business: a Driving Force for Civic Virtue; M.Herrero