Responsibility in world business : managing harmful side-effects of corporate activity /

How should companies deal with the harmful side-effects of their business operations? To what extent should they be held responsible for the wrongdoing of other actors? And how can they conduct business in a responsible manner in countries where human rights abuses are widespread, or where the envir...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bomann-Larsen, Lene, Wiggen, Oddny
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2004.
Temas:
UN Global Compact.
Social responsibility of business.
Business ethics.
International business enterprises > Management.
International business enterprises > Moral and ethical aspects.
International business enterprises > Environmental aspects.
International business enterprises > Social aspects.
Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale.
Morale des affaires.
Entreprises multinationales > Gestion.
Entreprises multinationales > Aspect moral.
Entreprises multinationales > Aspect de l'environnement.
Entreprises multinationales > Aspect social.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
Gestion d'entreprises.
Multinationales.
Ethique.
Aspects sociaux.
Effets sur l'environnement.
Gouvernance d'entreprise.
Droits de l'homme.
Business ethics
International business enterprises > Environmental aspects
International business enterprises > Management
International business enterprises > Moral and ethical aspects
International business enterprises > Social aspects
Social responsibility of business
Wirtschaftsethik
Soziale Verantwortung
Multinationales Unternehmen
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
BUSINESS ETHICS.
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
STATE RESPONSIBILITY.
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS.
CASE STUDIES.
NIGERIA.
UNITED STATES.
HONG KONG (China)
CHINA.
KENYA.
INDIA.
POLAND.
BRAZIL.
ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES.
WORKERS' RIGHTS.
LABOUR RELATIONS.
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
CHILD LABOUR.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Fallstudiensammlung.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I: INTRODUCTION
  • Addressing side-effect harm in the business context : conceptual and practical challenges / Oddny Wiggen, Lene Bomann-Larsen
  • PART II: THEORETICAL DISCUSSION
  • The idea of double effect : in war and business / Gregory Reichberg, Henrik Syse
  • Business is not just war : implications for applying the principle of double effect to business / G.J. (Deon) Rossouw
  • State responsibility, corporate responsibility, and complicity in human rights violations / Andrew Clapham
  • Reconstructing the principle of double effect : towards fixing the goalposts of corporate responsibility / Lene Bomann-Larsen
  • The principle of double effect : revised for the business context / Oddny Wiggen and Lene Bomann-Larsen
  • PART III: CASE STUDIES
  • The principle of double effect and moral risk : some case-studies of US transnational corporations / Patricia H. Werhane
  • An object lesson in balancing business and nature in Hong Kong : saving the birds of Long Valley / Robert E. Allinson
  • Shell in ogoniland / Ogbonna Ike
  • Del Monte Kenya Limited / Florence J.A. Oloo
  • The "just war" for profit and power? : the Bhopal catastrophe and the principle of double effect / Upendra Baxi
  • Dealing with harmful side-effects : opportunities and threats in the emerging Polish market / Julita Sokoowska
  • The Orissa case / Heidi von Weltzien Høivik
  • Child labour in the Brazilian citrus sector : the case of Cargill's double effect / Cecilia Arruda
  • A commentary on the principle of double effect / Chris Marsden
  • PART IV: CONCLUSION
  • Towards improved business practice : implementing the principle of double effect / Oddny Wiggen, Lene Bomann-Larsen.

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