International business under adversity : a role in corporate responsibility, conflict prevention and peace

The wide spread of specific sets of values, ways of thinking and living, infrastructures and technologies are associated with the motivations of conflict, crisis and terrorism. What is the role of international business in this dilemma? This book explores the essential issues of corporate responsibility rooted in firms' international activities. 1. Introduction to the role and responsibilities of international business in our contemporary world -- 2. Human rights and multinational corporations: the Global Compact and continuing evolution -- 3. Corporate social responsibility: an international law perspective -- 4. Instruments of peace? How businesses might foster religious harmony -- 5. Expropriation of minority shareholders or social dividend? Beware of good corporate citizens -- 6. Information management and communication technology for conflict prevention and peace