Peacemaking and the Extractive Industries: Towards a Framework for Corporate Peace

ISBN-13: 9781783532490 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 344 str.

Natalie Ralph

Opis

This book addresses a significant gap in international research on companies' political/diplomatic role in peace processes in intrastate conflict--termed Corporate Peacemaking (CPM). It focuses on transnational corporations, specifically in the oil and mining sectors, supporting or actively participating in peace negotiations and mediation. It not only explores national level peace processes, but those at community and global levels. While the focus is on oil and mining companies, most industries can apply this book's ideas to their business.

A comprehensive picture is given of how CPM currently works, how it could be developed and implemented, and how it might impact on global governance and corporate culture in the future. The book takes a global approach and shows that CPM is a potentially powerful element in global governance and peace efforts. The author presents a new paradigm--Cosmopolitan Corporate Peace--which embeds CPM in cosmopolitan values.

Spis treści

Foreword bySir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of theFoundation for the Global CompactForeword byPer L. Saxegaard, Founder and Chairman of the Business for Peace Foundation1. Overview2. Why explore CPM?3. CR and human rights: leading to CPM4. Assisting the transformation of war economies to peace economies5. Conceptualising CPM6. Implementing the CPM Framework7. What is happening on the ground? Case studies of CPM8. Assessing the case studies9. Cosmopolitan corporate peaceReferencesAbout the author

O autorze

Natalie Ralph