Global Monetarism and the Monetary Approach to the Balance of Payments

macroeconomics, global monetarism, monetary approach, balance of payments

Political Agency and the Responsibility Paradox: Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/78164/1/ipc-107-davis-whitman-zald-political-agency-responsibility-paradox-multinationals-corporate-social-responsibility.pd

The Responsibility Paradox: Multinational Firms and Global Corporate Social Responsibility

This paper examines the impact of multinational firms' increasingly blurred geographical and institutional boundaries on the nature and definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It begins with a brief history of CSR, describes changes in the global corporation and the pressures impinging on it over the past 25 years, and analyzes the resulting mismatch between the contemporary corporation and traditional concepts of CSR. It then dissects some of the issues raised by this new concept of CSR, and speculates on future trajectories for CSR in multinational corporations as globalization continues to exert pressure for convergence of such standards into a more universal definition of Global CSR.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/21613/1/IPC-working-paper-004-whitmanDavisZald.pd

Corporate Governance and Sustainable Peace: An Insider\u27s View

The Author brings her 30 years of experience as a member of numerous corporate boards of directors to bear on the relationship between corporate governance and sustainable peace. In the Author\u27s experience, over the last three decades corporate boards have become more diverse not only in terms of race and gender, but also through a greater focus on international participation. This diversity has led to concern for a broader set of stakeholders and, in many cases, these boards are presently conducting the affairs of their corporations in a more socially-responsible fashion. Despite these gains, however, the Author concedes that recent corporate scandals should trigger another round of self-evaluation by corporate boards. The Author remains hopeful that through this process it is at least possible for responsible corporate governance to contribute to sustainable peace