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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, Nestle, 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."--Publisher's Website

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: BUSINESS AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS -- Chapter One: The Role of Business in Society:The Microsoft Vision -- Chapter Two: A Public and Private Partnership: The ACHAP Experience in Botswana -- Chapter Three: Sumitomo Chemical and the Millennium Development Goals -- Chapter Four: Doing Well by Doing Good-The Nestlé Way -- Chapter Five: Coca-Cola and Society -- Chapter Six: Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals -- Chapter Seven: How Global Employers Can Address HIV/AIDS -- Part II: SCHOLARSHIP ADVANCING THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY -- Chapter Eight: Some Ethical Explications of the UN Framework for Business and Human Rights -- Chapter Nine: The United Nations Global Compact and Human Rights -- Chapter Ten: Integrative Social Contracts Theory and the UN Global Compact -- Chapter Eleven: The MDGs, Partnering for Results -- Chapter Twelve: Business-NGO Collaboration on Peace Building -- Chapter Thirteen: Putting Reputation at Risk -- Chapter Fourteen: The UN Global Compact -- Chapter Fifteen: Pursuing Purposeful Profit -- Chapter Sixteen: Employee Engagement through Social and Environmental Responsibility -- Chapter Seventeen: A Nonprofit Sector Perspective of the United Nations Global Compact and Millennium Goals -- Chapter Eighteen: Millennium Development Goals, Business Planning, and the UN Global Compact Management Model -- Chapter Nineteen: Do The Principles of Responsible Management Education Matter? -- Part III: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? -- Chapter Twenty: The Future of the United Nations Global Compact -- Chapter Twenty-one: Beyond Corporate Responsibility to the Common Good -- Chapter Twenty-two: Advancing Human Rights in Developing Countries -- Contributors -- Index.