Business solutions for the global poor

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Thomas Donaldson

Ethics of International Business offers three concepts for interpreting international business ethics: a social contract between productive organizations and society; the notion of a fundamental international right promulgated by ten specific international rights; and a moral "algorithm" to help multinational managers find compromises between conflicting norms in home and host countries. This is the first book to systematically evaluate global business from a moral perspective.--[book jacket].

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Michael Hopkins

"Written by noted CSR practitioner Michael Hopkins, this book is the first to explicitly link CSR with development. It spells out what corporations are doing on development, what more they could do and how CSR can be a useful tool to promote economic development via corporations. This is important and challenging reading for all of those in government, business and NGOs who think that there must be a better, more effective and dynamic way to kick-start development and eradicate poverty."--Jacket.

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Rolf Jungnickel

"Foreign-owned firms (FoFs) can have significant implications in terms of employment, income and technology for the national economies involved. This book compares domestic and foreign-owned firms, and looks at the performance of FoFs in several countries. It also includes an in-depth study of sources of comparative advantage for FoFs, and discusses implications for the host economies." "Contributors take a broad view of research approaches, focusing on the use of firm-specific data from France, Germany, Austria and Sweden. They conclude that, although foreign-ownership matters, the real difference is not between FoFs and national firms but between multinational and domestic firms." "This book is an importance resource in the ongoing debate on the effects of globalization."--Jacket.

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Colin Robinson

"In association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School." Revised versions of papers and chairmens' comments from the eleventh annual series of Beesley Lectures on Regulation, held in the autumn of 2001 and jointly organized by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School.