New book promotes corporate social=20
responsibility
| By: |
Susan Guibert |
| Date: |
September 17, =
2008 |
A new book edited by Rev. Oliver F. Williams, =
C.S.C.,=20
associate professor of management and director of the =
Center=20
for Ethics and Religious Values in Business at the =
University=20
of Notre Dame, addresses the global corporate role in=20
promoting more peaceful societies.
=93Peace =
through=20
Commerce: Responsible Corporate Citizenship and the =
Ideals of=20
the United Nations Global Compact=94 includes essays =
by major=20
business leaders and scholars who discuss the issues =
presented=20
by the United Nations Global Compact, including the =
impact of=20
commerce in promoting peace and the benefits of global =
economic development through voluntary corporate =
policies and=20
actions.
Launched in 2000 with more than 5,000=20
worldwide businesses participating, the United Nations =
Global=20
Compact serves as a forum in which multinational =
businesses=20
work to promote human rights, prevent violent conflict =
and=20
contribute to peace, and is the world=92s largest =
voluntary=20
corporate citizenship organization.
Published by Notre Dame Press, the book contains =
case=20
studies documenting the efforts of individual =
businesses =96=20
including IBM, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, General Electric, =
Nestle=20
and Ford =96 to successfully serve society=92s =
interests as well=20
as their own.
Though the relationship between economic =
development and=20
peace has been explored before, the book=92s practical =
look at=20
specific corporate strategies designed to foster peace =
is=20
new.
Specializing in the areas of business ethics, =
corporate=20
governance and Catholic social teaching, Williams is =
the=20
editor or author of 14 books as well as numerous =
journal=20
articles on business ethics. He has been a member of =
the board=20
of directors of the United
Nations Global Compact=20
Foundation since 2006.
More information about Notre Dame=92s Center for =
Ethics and=20
Religious Values in Business is available at http://www.nd.edu/~ethics/.
Contact: Oliver Williams, =
C.S.C.,=20
574-631-5761 or Williams.80@nd.edu&nb=
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