Sustainable Development : The UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN Global Compact, and the Common Good

Williams, Oliver F. (EDT); Dowling, Kevin (FRW)

ISBN 10: 0268044295 / ISBN 13: 9780268044299

Editore: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008

Codice articolo 21149357-n

Riassunto:

For business to flourish, society must flourish. In today's global economy, business serves the common good not only by producing goods and services but also by reaching out to the many who are not even in the market because they lack marketable skills and the resources to acquire them. Sustainable Development: The UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN Global Compact, and the Common Good contains twenty-two essays that document the work of Western companies, working through the UN Global Compact and its Principles of Responsible Investment and the Principles for Responsible Management Education, to shape more peaceful and just societies. Seven case studies by leading businesses and private-public partnerships including Microsoft, Merck, Sumitomo Chemical, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Novartis, and Levi Strauss outline their projects, especially those advancing the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) designed to alleviate dire poverty. Twelve chapters reflect on some of the conceptual issues involved with the MDGs, and the three concluding essays examine the future of the UN Global Compact, of the Millennium Development Goals, and of the role of business enterprise in society.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., is director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business and associate professor of management at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author and editor of over twenty books.

Contributors: Bishop Kevin Dowling, C.Ss.R., Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., Daniel Bross, Themba L. Moeti, Innocent Chingombe, Godfrey Musuka, Scott Mitchell, John Bee, Holly Hermes, York Lunau, Kirk O. Hanson, Georges Enderle, Douglass Cassel, Daniel Malan, Philip Parham, Hal Culbertson, James S. O'Rourke, IV, Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Mark R. Kennedy, Ante Glavas, Thomas J. Harvey, Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J., Eric Hespenheide, Arvid C. Johnson, and Sandra Waddock.

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Titolo: Sustainable Development : The UN Millennium ...
Casa editrice: University of Notre Dame Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2008
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New