Globalization and self-regulation: the crucial role that corporate codes of conduct play in global business

Corporate strategy expert Prakash Sethi takes an in-depth look at global structures and how regulation works from a corporate perspective, providing case studies of several industries and governments who have begun implementing voluntary codes of conducts, including Equator Principles, ICMM, and The Kimberly Process. S. PRAKASH SETHI is University Distinguished Professor, Academic Director of Executive Programs, and Professor of Management at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, the City University of New York, USA. INDICE: PART I: GLOBALIZATION OF BUSINESS AND THE HISTORY OF REGULATION PRACTICES - Globalization and its Impact on Worldwide Business - Industry Standards-and the Lack Thereof - How Government Greed Fails Local Workforce - Why Voluntary Industry-Wide Codes of Conduct, Why Now? - PART II: WHAT INDUSTRY-WIDEVOLUNTARY CODES OF CONDUCT ARE DOING RIGHT - How the Mining Industry is UsingCodes of Conduct to Develop Sustainable Business Practices - The Equator Principle: How the Banking System has Created Guidelines to Help Developing Nations - Why Transparency Creates Accountability: The EITI Initiative - Why Voluntary Principles Can and Will Improve Human Rights - How the Diamond Industry is Managing their Controversial Practices of Conflict Diamond Flow - Interdisciplinary Councils can Work - PART III: APPLYING CORPORATE RULES OF CONDUCT AND VOLUNTARY SELF REGULATION TO YOUR BUSINESS - What can we Learn from the Case Studies - Making Industry Wide Codes of Conduct Effective and Relevant for any Business - First Steps

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61155-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 312
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés