Responsibility in world business : managing harmful side-effects of corporate activity / edited by Lene Bomann-Larsen and Oddny Wiggen. - Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 2004. - xv, 288 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Addressing side-effect harm in the business context : conceptual and practical challenges / The idea of double effect : in war and business / Business is not just war : implications for applying the principle of double effect to business / State responsibility, corporate responsibility, and complicity in human rights violations / Reconstructing the principle of double effect : towards fixing the goalposts of corporate responsibility / The principle of double effect : revised for the business context / Oddny Wiggen and Lene Bomann-Larsen -- The principle of double effect and moral risk : some case-studies of US transnational corporations / An object lesson in balancing business and nature in Hong Kong : saving the birds of Long Valley / Shell in ogoniland / Del Monte Kenya Limited / The "just war" for profit and power? : the Bhopal catastrophe and the principle of double effect / Dealing with harmful side-effects : opportunities and threats in the emerging Polish market / The Orissa case / Child labour in the Brazilian citrus sector : the case of Cargill's double effect / A commentary on the principle of double effect / Towards improved business practice : implementing the principle of double effect / Oddny Wiggen, Lene Bomann-Larsen -- Gregory Reichberg, Henrik Syse -- G.J. (Deon) Rossouw -- Andrew Clapham -- Lene Bomann-Larsen -- Patricia H. Werhane -- Robert E. Allinson -- Ogbonna Ike -- Florence J.A. Oloo -- Upendra Baxi -- Julita Sokoowska -- Heidi von Weltzien H˛ivik -- Cecilia Arruda -- Chris Marsden -- Oddny Wiggen, Lene Bomann-Larsen. PART I: INTRODUCTION -- PART II: THEORETICAL DISCUSSION -- PART III: CASE STUDIES -- PART IV: CONCLUSION --

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Social responsibility of business.
Business ethics.
International business enterprises--Management.
International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects.
International business enterprises--Environmental aspects.
International business enterprises--Social aspects.
Entreprises--Responsabilité sociale.
Morale des affaires.
Entreprises multinationales--Gestion.
Entreprises multinationales--Aspect moral.
Entreprises multinationales--Aspect de l'environnement.
Entreprises multinationales--Aspect social.
Responsabilidad social de la empresa.
Etica de los negocios.
Empresas internacionales--Administración.
Empresas internacionales--Aspectos morales y éticos.
Empresas internacionales--Aspectos ambientales.
Empresas internacionales--Aspectos sociales.

HD 60 / R434 2004

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