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For business to flourish, society must flourish. In today's global economy, business serves the common good not only by producing goods and services but also by reaching out to the many who are not even in the market because they lack marketable skills and the resources to acquire them. Sustainable Development: The UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN Global Compact, and the Common Good contains twenty-two essays that document the work of Western companies, working through the UN Global Compact and its Principles of Responsible Investment and the Principles for Responsible Management Education, to shape more peaceful and just societies. Seven case studies by leading businesses and private-public partnerships—including Microsoft, Merck, Sumitomo Chemical, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Novartis, and Levi Strauss—outline their projects, especially those advancing the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) designed to alleviate dire poverty. Twelve chapters reflect on some of the conceptual issues involved with the MDGs, and the three concluding essays examine the future of the UN Global Compact, of the Millennium Development Goals, and of the role of business enterprise in society.
“The contributors include representatives from academic institutions, corporations as well as the public sector. Parham (in Chapter 11) presents case studies to illustrate the role of partnerships between governments, the private sector and the civil society in achieving [Millennium Development Goals]. . . This book’s main contribution is in bringing to the reader a diverse range of perspectives on sustainable development.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies
“The book contains twenty-two essays, seven case studies, and reflections regarding the work of Western companies working through the U.N. Global Compact to shape more peaceful and just societies and alleviate dire poverty.” —Notre Dame Magazine Online
"The United Nations Global Compact is a major initiative in the worldwide effort to ensure the fair distribution of the enormous wealth generated by the globalization of corporate capitalism, an initiative of interest to all nations, corporations public and private, and the present and future citizens of the world. These papers are the state of the art in the scholarly examination of the international efforts on the part of private enterprise to assist in economic development and forging peace." —Lisa H. Newton, Fairfield University
“Against a sombre picture of global challenges painted by Bishop Kevin Dowling, Fr. Oliver Williams has assembled an outstanding collection of contributions demonstrating how six diverse multinationals have addressed these challenges both in their core businesses, through their supply chains, and where they have voluntarily taken on projects to advance human rights in the wider society. Papers from academia and civil society then frankly analyse what such corporate efforts really mean in terms of delivering benefits to both shareholders and society, as well as discussing criticisms.” —Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hermes Equity Ownership Services and the United Nations Global Compact Foundation
"This book offers critical insight into the role businesses must play in cooperation with governments, the United Nations, and civil society to develop more sustainable and healthy societies. Sustainable Development eloquently captures the unmistakable correlation between the private sector and the common good: where equality, human rights and ethics thrive, so too does business." —Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., is director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business and associate professor of management at the University of Notre Dame.
Foreword by Bishop Kevin Dowling, C.Ss.R.
Introduction by Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C.
Part 1. BUSINESS AND THE MILLENN IUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
1. The Role of Business in Society: The Microsoft Vision by Daniel T. Bross
2. A Public and Private Partnership: The ACHAP Experience in Botswana by Themba L. Moeti, Innocent Chingombe, and Godfrey Musuka
3. Sumitomo Chemical and the Millennium Development Goals by Scott Mitchell
4. Doing Well by Doing Good—The Nestlé Way by John Bee
5. Coca-Cola and Society by Holly Hermes
6. Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals: The Contribution of Novartis by York Lunau
7 How Global Employers Can Address HIV/AIDS: The Levi Strauss & Co. Story by Kirk O. Hanson
Part 2. SCHOLARSHIP ADVANCING THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY
8. Some Ethical Explications of the UN Framework for Business and Human Rights by Georges Enderle
9. The United Nations Global Compact and Human Rights: A Modest but Useful Niche by Douglass Cassel
10. Integrative Social Contracts Theory and the UN Global Compact by Daniel Malan
11. The MDGs, Partnering for Results: The UK Government Perspective by Philip Parham
12. Business-NGO Collaboration on Peace Building: Patterns of Convergence by Hal Culbertson
13. Putting Reputation at Risk: The Seven Factors of Reputational Management by James S. O’Rourke, IV
14. The UN Global Compact: Forum for Environmental Leadership by Deborah Rigling Gallagher
15. Pursuing Purposeful Profit by Mark R. Kennedy
16. Employee Engagement through Social and Environmental Responsibility by Ante Glavas
17. A Nonprofit Sector Perspective of the United Nations Global Compact and Millennium Goals by Thomas J. Harvey
18. Millennium Development Goals, Business Planning, and the UN Global Compact Management Model by Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J., and Eric Hespenheide
19. Do The Principles of Responsible Management Education Matter? One School’s Perspective by Arvid C. Johnson
Part 3. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
20. The Future of the United Nations Global Compact by Kirk O. Hanson
21. Beyond Corporate Responsibility to the Common Good: The Millennium Development Goals, UN Global Compact, and Business Enterprise by Sandra Waddock
22. Advancing Human Rights in Developing Countries: A Voluntary Opportunity or a Moral Obligation for Business? by Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C.
List of Contributors
Index