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Foreword Sharon Capeling-Alakija, United Nations Volunteers Introduction Rupesh A. Shah, David F. Murphy and Malcolm McIntosh Part I: Through some looking glasses1. Something to have struggled for and now to believe in T.M. Mbeki, then Vice President of the Republic of South Africa 2. PlanetHome Malcolm McIntosh, Writer and Teacher, UK 3. From terrorism to trust: Trusting our nature? Mary-Jayne Rust, Jungian Analyst (Society of Analytical Psychology) and Art Therapis 4. Partnering trust: India's corporate social responsibility heritage Viraal B. Balsari, TERI-Europe 5. Tolerance E.M. Forster Part II: How could it be possible to believe in our corporations?6. Demanding corporate responsibility is the key: The creation of a movement for corporate responsibility in Ghana Joseph Yaw Boateng, United Nations Volunteer, Association of Ghana Industries, Ghana 7. Corporate responsibility: The emerging South Asian agenda Ritu Kumar, TERI-Europe 8. Corporate governance, shareholder interests and managerial accountability in turbulent times Scott Bourke and Neil E. Bechervaise, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Australia 9. Strange bedfellows make for democratic deficits: The rise and challenges of private corporate social responsibility engagement Matthew J. Hirschland, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado, USA 10. The rise of the "abdroids" Roger Warren Evans, Barrister-at-law, UK 11. Changing focus: A business school for sustainable development Juliet Roper, Eva Collins and Mike Pratt, University of Waikato Management School, New Zealand Part III: Auditing for whom?12. Love in a time of chocolate: The corporate discipline of compassion Adrian Henriques, Middlesex University, UK 13. Trouble at the Hard Rock Cafe: Diamonds and corporate social responsibility Ian Smillie and Ralph Hazleton, Partnership Africa Canada 14. In search of transparency: Corporate codes of conduct and women workers in Central America Marina Prieto-Carron, University of Bristol, UK 15. Voluntary governance or a contradiction in terms: Are voluntary codes accountable and transparent governance tools? Simon B. Archer, Torys LLP, Canada, and S. Tina Piper, Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK 16. The auditor has no clothes: Challenging the pursuit of objectivity in auditing Rupesh A. Shah, New Academy of Business, UK Part IV: New initiatives17. In the business of making peace: La Frutera and Paglas in the Philippines Charmaine Nuguid-Anden, United Nations Volunteer, Philippine Business for Social Progress 18. Corporate responsibility in New Zealand: A case study Bob Frame, Richard Gordon and Ian Whitehouse, Landcare Research, New Zealand 19. Reforming government, working with business: The Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Lebanon Lubna Forzley, United Nations Volunteer, UNDP Lebanon 20. Living and learning in the Boland Mark Swilling and Eve Annecke, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 21. It's the film that matters, not the photo: Good governance in development co-operation David F. Murphy, New Academy of Business, UK Part V: Conclusion22. Under the Trumpet Flower Abdul Cader Riswana, Ismael Ashraff, Jinutheen Rasmina, Kanathan Dinojit, Stepan Sampath, The Butterfly Garden of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
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Rupesh Shah, David Murphy, Malcolm McIntosh
Summary
In a world where trust in politicians, corporations, and the processes that determine our lives, continues to dwindle, this book offers research and stories that begin to answer a central question for society: how can we redefine and renew the underlying contract between society and its organizations?
