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"Over the past 20 years, the international community has shown an increased desire to intervene to re-build societies emerging from war. From East Timor to Bosnia; from Azerbaijan to Mozambique, UN agencies and bilateral donors have stepped in to create stable durable societies in the aftermath of conflict. During the same period, there has also been increased attention paid to the developing role on the world stage of multinational companies. Statistics suggesting that 51 of the world's largest economies are corporations, and the acceleration of so-called "globalisation" has led to a considerable focus on how private sector organisations fit into established processes of global governance. This book looks at the impact multinational companies have in post-conflict environments, the role they have and how they are governed. Drawing on detailed fieldwork in three post-conflict countries-- Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Rwanda--Peter Davis considers in each case the impacts that international companies have had on the reconstruction programme in each location, and what governance processes are used by companies and by state agencies to manage these impacts. Based on this evidence, this book then draws hypotheses about how the international corporate sector might better be integrated into post-conflict efforts, and considers the implications of this both for how companies manage themselves, and for how the development community's relationship with the private sector"--Provided by publisher

The book's major achievement is to recognize rapists and rape in their particularity and complexity in the hope that critical thinking about their lives and about their experiences in penal contexts and programs may eventually lead to what one respondent called his 'road to redemption.'

"This book emphasizes how organizations enable both businesses and IT people to execute their responsibilities in support of business/IT alignment and the creation of business value from IT enabled corporation investments"--Provided by publisher

We analyze whether or not the globalization of capital, 'disciplines' governments and improves governance. We demonstrate that globalization affects governance, by increasing a country's vulnerability to sudden capital flight. This increased threat of capital flight can discipline governments and improve governance and welfare by placing countries in a 'golden straitjacket'. However, globalization may also 'overdiscipline' governments - resulting in a perverse impact on governmental incentives that catalyzes (mis)governance. Accordingly, the paper suggests a novel (and qualified) role for capital controls. Finally, we provide some suggestive evidence consistent with the predictions from our theoretical framework

A comprehensive guide to current issues and practices in governance for Takaful and re-Takaful operations As the global demand for Islamic insurance products increases, a thorough understanding of Takaful principles is vital for accountants, auditors, and leaders of companies offering these products. This book covers the basic accounting principles and practices of Takaful operations, including the segregation of assets, liabilities, income, and expenditures between the Takaful operator and participants; the setting aside of cash reserves for meeting outstanding claims and future claims; and t

Abstract: Globalisierte Wertschöpfungsprozesse sind für die Zielstellung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung von besonderer Relevanz. So hat die Verlagerung von Wertschöpfungsphasen in Ländern mit niedrigen Sozial- und Umweltstandards starke Auswirkungen auf ökologische, soziale und ökonomische Nachhaltigkeitsaspekte. Die oft ungleiche Verteilung von Wert- und Schadschöpfung zwischen Industrienationen und Entwicklungs- bzw. Schwellenländern führt zudem zu der Frage nach intra- und intergenerationaler Gerechtigkeit in unserer globalen Arbeitsteilung.In diesem Buch werden neue Formen einer "nachhaltigkeitsintendierenden Governance" diskutiert, die aus der Debatte um (Unternehmens-)Verantwortung in einer globalisierten Wirtschaft entstehen. Zentrale Akteure sind hier multinationale Unternehmen und ihre globalen Handelspartner, zivilgesellschaftliche Gruppen sowie staatliche Institutionen, deren Interaktion zweifellos ein hohes nachhaltigkeitsbezogenes Problemlösungspotenzial in sich birgt.Neben einer theoretisch-konzeptionellen Verankerung des Konstrukts der "nachhaltigkeitsintendierenden Governance" werden praktische Problembereiche aus dem Kontext internationaler Wertschöpfungsketten vorgestellt und zentrale Handlungsfelder diskutiert

"International Relations and International Law have developed in parallel but distinctly throughout the 20th Century. However in recent years there has been a recognition that their shared concerns in areas as diverse as the environment, transnational crime and terrorism, human rights and conflict resolution outweigh their disciplinary and methodological divergences. Law scholars have perhaps discovered the importance of understanding the behavior of actions in the international legal system and international relations scholars have re-discovered that objectives, including normative objectives, might influence choices and condition behavior. This new interest coincides with a general broadening of cross-disciplinary interests into history, sociology, philosophy, psychology, and economics for law and similar developments in international relations. The distinctive rationale for inquiry remains for both fields of study, but the need to move beyond description only in the case of law or analysis only in the case of politics has also fueled a need for new methodologies to understand the changing phenomenon of international life today. This book focuses on collaborative work within the disciplines of international law and international relations, to note sample efforts to collaborate, and to assess the cultivation of an interdisciplinary outlook."--