Sustainable development : the UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN Global Compact, and the common good / edited by Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Oliver F., editor.

Series:

ND Houck Series Business Ethics

Notre Dame Series in Business Ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business--Case studies.

Social responsibility of business.

Sustainable development--Social aspects--Case studies.

Sustainable development.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Public health--Developing countries.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty-two essays document the work of Western companies, working through the UN Global Compact, to shape more peaceful and just societies.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: BUSINESS AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS""; ""Chapter One: The Role of Business in Society:The Microsoft Vision""; ""Chapter Two: A Public and Private Partnership: The ACHAP Experience in Botswana""; ""Chapter Three: Sumitomo Chemical and the Millennium Development Goals""; ""Chapter Four: Doing Well by Doing Good-The Nestlé Way""; ""Chapter Five: Coca-Cola and Society""; ""Chapter Six: Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals""; ""Chapter Seven: How Global Employers Can Address HIV/AIDS""

""Part II: SCHOLARSHIP ADVANCING THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY""""Chapter Eight: Some Ethical Explications of the UN Framework for Business and Human Rights""; ""Chapter Nine: The United Nations Global Compact and Human Rights""; ""Chapter Ten: Integrative Social Contracts Theory and the UN Global Compact""; ""Chapter Eleven: The MDGs, Partnering for Results""; ""Chapter Twelve: Business-NGO Collaboration on Peace Building""; ""Chapter Thirteen: Putting Reputation at Risk""; ""Chapter Fourteen: The UN Global Compact""; ""Chapter Fifteen: Pursuing Purposeful Profit""

""Chapter Sixteen: Employee Engagement through Social and Environmental Responsibility""""Chapter Seventeen: A Nonprofit Sector Perspective of the United Nations Global Compact and Millennium Goals""; ""Chapter Eighteen: Millennium Development Goals, Business Planning, and the UN Global Compact Management Model""; ""Chapter Nineteen: Do The Principles of Responsible Management Education Matter?""; ""Part III: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?""; ""Chapter Twenty: The Future of the United Nations Global Compact""; ""Chapter Twenty-one: Beyond Corporate Responsibility to the Common Good""

""Chapter Twenty-two: Advancing Human Rights in Developing Countries""""Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780268096724

0268096724

OCLC:

878109255