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International Business under Adversity To David,Chantal and Caroline In memory of Wladimir Sachs co-author,colleague and friend International Business under Adversity A Role in Corporate Responsibility, Conflict Prevention and Peace Edited by Gabriele G.S. Suder Associate Dean of Global Management,Professor of International Business,CERAM Business School Nice – Sophia Antipolis,France Edward Elgar Cheltenham,UK • Northampton,MA,USA © Gabriele G.S.Suder 2008 All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic, mechanical or photocopying,recording,or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Glos GL50 2JA UK Edward Elgar Publishing,Inc. William Pratt House 9 Dewey Court Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number:2008927954 ISBN 978 1 84720 374 8 Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd,Bodmin,Cornwall Contents List of figures vii List of tables viii List of contributors ix Preface x Acknowledgements xii PART I FOUNDATIONS 1. Introduction to the role and responsibilities of international business in our contemporary world 3 Gabriele G.S.Suder 2. Human rights and multinational corporations:the Global Compact and continuing evolution 8 David Atkinson and Richard Pierre Claude 3. Corporate social responsibility:an international law perspective 25 Alice de Jonge PART II CRITICAL ISSUES 4. Instruments of peace? How businesses might foster religious harmony 47 Timothy L.Fort 5. Expropriation of minority shareholders or social dividend? Beware of good corporate citizens 57 Wladimir M.Sachs and Marleen Dieleman 6. Information management and communication technology for conflict prevention and peace 73 Jeffrey Soar PART III DEALING WITH BEST AND WORST PRACTICE 7. Adversarial allies:the evolving China–India nexus 93 Nikhilesh Dholakia v vi Contents 8. Corporate social performance in a post-transition context: the case of Polish firms 104 Renata Kaminska-Labbé and Beata Buchelt 9. The sustainable peace roles of international extractive industries 119 Duane Windsor PART IV THE BIG PICTURE – TOOL KITS 10. Sustainable enterprise and sustainable futures 139 Malcolm McIntosh 11. Corporate social responsibility as a new orientation in response to crisis management of sea changes and navigationaldeadreckoning 150 Ihsen Ketata and John R.McIntyre 12. Corporate responsibility in peace,conflict reduction and crisis prevention:human security for thriving markets – a tool kit 168 Gabriele G.S.Suder and Jonathan Lefevre Index 191 Figures 1.1 Mitigation focus for business profit and community benefit 6 5.1 Expropriation audit 66 5.2 Social capital audit 67 8.1 Promotion of social responsibility by sector 113 8.2 Promotion of social responsibility by ownership structure 113 12.1 Social dominance orientation (SDO) map:the impact of MNE specificities in conflict 185 vii Tables 6.1 Performance of procurement activities 84 8.1 Aspects of CSR mentioned in the mission statement by sector 111 8.2 Aspects of CSR mentioned in the mission statement by ownership type 112 8.3 Existence of a corporate code of conduct by sector 112 8.4 Existence of a corporate code of conduct by ownership structure 113 8.5 Specific actions by sector 114 8.6 Specific actions by ownership type 115 viii Contributors David Atkinson,Helsinki School of Economics at Mikkeli,Finland Beata Buchelt,Cracow University of Economics,Poland Richard Pierre Claude,Professor Emeritus,University of Maryland,USA Alice de Jonge,Monash University,Melbourne,Australia Nikhilesh Dholakia,University of Rhode Inland,USA Marleen Dieleman, National University of Singapore Business School, Singapore Timothy L.Fort,George Washington University School of Business,USA Renata Kaminska-Labbé, CERAM Business School Nice – Sophia Antipolis,France Ihsen Ketata, Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research,Georgia,USA Jonathan Lefevre,Deloitte Mexico,Corporate Governance,Mexico Malcolm McIntosh,University ofCoventry,ARCHS,Coventry University, UK John R.McIntyre,Executive Director,Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research,Georgia,USA Wladimir M.Sachs,ESC Rennes School of Business,France Jeffrey Soar,University of Southern Queensland,Australia Gabriele G.S.Suder,Associate Dean of Global Management,Professor of International Business,CERAM Business School Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France Duane Windsor,Rice University,USA ix Preface Gabriele G.S. Suder International Business under Adversity:A Role in Corporate Responsibility, Conflict Prevention and Peace, analyses the essential issues of a corporate responsibility entailed by firms’international activities.The wide spread of specific sets of values,ways of thinking and living,infrastructures and tech- nologies is commonly associated with the motivations of conflict, crisis andterrorism.What is the true impact of international business on values, what on certainties and uncertainties in host communities? Does interna- tional business activity accelerate crisis or peace? How can we conceive the “change agent”role of a corporation in a broad cultural and socio-political context? What is the true purpose of corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility (CSR)? The objective ofthis book is twofold.One,it is to help understand nodes of interconnectivity between business profit and community benefit in responsible activities that respect the larger business environment,commu- nities and the planet as a whole, and that encourage peace. Two, it is to provide a starting point for upstream mitigation,in which collective action allows disruption to be avoided at its very roots. A diversity of contributions, surrounding the leading argument, shed light on issues covering the role of minority groups in corporate networks, the possible bridges between cultural,corporate and political communities worldwide, the potential roles of international business and industries in promoting peace and conflict prevention in developing countries,the inter- national legal and institutional framework,and the issues that corporations and communities share in this context.1 On the basis of a review of theory and practice, and a collection of research studies and case examples, the authors propose vehicles of miti- gation and develop a tool kit to help solve goal incompatibility and hier- archy imbalance for the benefit of all. The reader will discover, ultimately, that returns on conflict prevention investments,CSR and responsible business are part of the intangible assets that constitute the know-how of top management and international business leaders.Similar to other corporate citizenship or CSR initiatives, conflict prevention contributions are only considered appropriate for x
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