Just Business Practices in a Diverse and Developing World
Essays on International Business and Global Responsibilities
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
301 pages
978-1-349-72625-7 (ISBN)
Description
What difference can international businesses make to today's world? This book addresses this urgent concern. It considers ways of arriving at common ethical positions while still respecting local traditions, the growth of morally responsible business practices in globally diverse contexts, the transfer of technologies and the reduction of poverty.
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Edition
2006 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-72625-7 (9781349726257)
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F. Bird | M. Velasquez
Just Business Practices in a Diverse and Developing World
Essays on International Business and Global Responsibilities
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04/2006
Palgrave Macmillan
€106.99
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Persons
SYLVIE BABARIK Master's Degree Candidate, Religious Studies, Concordia University, Canada
HEVINA S. DASHWOOD Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Brock University, Canada
RUSSELL DAYE Minister, United Church of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada
KIRK HANSEN Director, Markalla Centre for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University, USA
JOSEPH SMUCKER Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Canada
HEVINA S. DASHWOOD Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Brock University, Canada
RUSSELL DAYE Minister, United Church of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada
KIRK HANSEN Director, Markalla Centre for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University, USA
JOSEPH SMUCKER Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Canada
Content
Introduction; F.Bird & M.Velasquez PART ONE Introduction: Searching for Common Standards in a Morally Diverse World; F.Bird & M.Velasquez Natural Law in International Business Ethics; M.Velasquez Justice in International Businesses; F.Bird PART TWO Introduction: Global Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility; F.Bird & M.Velasquez Pursuing Corporate Responsibility in Changing Institutional Fields; J.Smucker Toward a Political Ethic for International Businesses; F.Bird Global Initiatives to Promote Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Sector; H.S.Dashwood Fostering Social Responsibility in Businesses: The Role of Ethical Auditing; F.Bird Monitoring Labour Conditions of Textile Manufacturing: The Work of COVERCO in Guatemala; S.Babarik PART THREE Introduction: Acting Responsibly in the World As It Is and As We Hope It Will Become; F.Bird & M.Velasquez Global Poverty: Causes and Remedies; F.Bird Theological Responses to Economic Globalization; R.Daye Markets, Development and Equity: Lessons from South Korea; J.Smucker