Zusammenfassung
This article charts the evolution and content of the current debate around the legitimate role of global business, in which business is charged with a broader responsibility for social, economic and environmental conditions in the developing world. Drawing from the human rights framework, the paper suggests there is a distinction between the 'depths' of responsibility presented in this debate, and identifies Sustainable Enterprise as a more active engagement of global business in addressing the challenges of globalization. Within the approach business attempts to create both financial and social value for the world's economically-excluded human majority. Undertaken by a number of global corporations under a discursive frame that echos ideas of noblesse oblige, this approach presents a number of practical and conceptual challenges which are the focus of my doctoral research.
Siehe den Gesamtinhalt dieses Dokumentes
Auszug
The Noblesse Oblige of Global Business; an Agenda for Research
1. Introduction
The evolving nature of the legitimate role of business, particularly global business, is of central concern to the editors of this journal. In this article I present a rough sketch of the elements of this debate which form the background for my doctoral research at Waikato Management School (New Zealand) and which shape the research questions and approach that drive my enquiry. In the following section I chart the evolution of the debate, and draw on the human-rights framework to argue that the range of responses of global business to calls for greater responsibility for social, environmental and economic conditions can be understood as reflecting different 'depths' of responsibility. In the third section I discuss Sustainable Enterprise in greater detail. I conclude by suggesting a number of conceptual and practical limitations to this approach, and describing the research I will undertake to explore these potential challenges.2. The evolving responsibilities of global companiesThe last decade has seen the rapid evolution of the debate around the role of business in society, with a particular focus on the responsibilities corporate actors bear for their impact on social conditi...Siehe den Gesamtinhalt dieses Dokumentes
Geförderte Links
