Responsibility in world business : managing harmful side-effects of corporate activity / edited by Lene Bomann-Larsen and Oddny Wiggen.

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ISBN:

9781417564217

9781280915680

9789280870640

Title:

Responsibility in world business : managing harmful side-effects of corporate activity / edited by Lene Bomann-Larsen and Oddny Wiggen.

Author:

Bomann-Larsen, Lene.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 288 pages)

Contents:

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

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Title Subject:

UN Global Compact.

Subject Term:

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.

Added Author:

Bomann-Larsen, Lene.

Wiggen, Oddny.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2004

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Summary

How should companies deal with the harmful side-effects of their business operations? To what extent should they be held responsible for the wrongdoing of other actors? And how can they conduct business in a responsible manner in countries where human rights abuses are widespread, or where the environment is being degraded? These are crucial issues within the current debate on corporate responsibility and they represent the most substantial challenges confronting the business community today. This book offers an approach to corporate decision-making based on the principles of Just War Theory, primarily the Principle of Double Effect (PDE). The proposed normative framework can be used both as a tool for performance evaluation, and as a set of guidelines for conducting business in an ethically responsible manner. Multiple case studies illustrate the usefulness of incorporating the Principle of Double Effect into corporate decision-making, and show how the proposed framework can help companies assume responsibility for the impact of their operations on multiple stakeholders.