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The Role Of The Corporation In Fostering Sustainable Peace, Timothy L. Fort, Cindy A. Schipani
The Role Of The Corporation In Fostering Sustainable Peace, Timothy L. Fort, Cindy A. Schipani
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article demonstrates that there is a plausible, conceptual relationship among corporate governance, business ethics, and sustainable peace. First, the Authors begin by outlining the benefits of and protests against globalization and the reciprocal benefits between geopolitical entities and economic activity. The Article then details specific historical events that foreshadow patterns in the relationship between business and sustainable peace. In looking more closely at those patterns, the Authors argue that through economic progress and mitigation of rivalries in the workplace, multinational corporations can contribute to sustainable peace. Thus, if this argument is correct, the stakes increase dramatically for corporations to …