Globalisation, Governance and Ethics : New Managerial and Economic Insights

Intro -- GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS: NEW MANAGERIAL AND ECONOMIC INSIGHTS -- GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS: NEW MANAGERIAL AND ECONOMIC INSIGHTS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS: THE MAIN ISSUES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. AN OVERVIEW OF PART I: SUSTAINABILITY -- 3. AN OVERVIEW OF PART II: POWER AND COUNTERVAILING POWER -- 4. AN OVERVIEW OF PART III: PARTNERSHIPS -- 5. AN OVERVIEW OF PART IV: GLOCAL GOVERNANCE -- 6. AN OVERVIEW OF PART V:MODELLING -- 7. AN OVERVIEW OF PART VI: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART I: SUSTAINABILITY -- Chapter 2: REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY IN A GLOBALISING WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS -- 3. GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS APPLIED TO SUSTAINABILITY -- 4. REFLECTIONS ON THE THEME -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE,GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CONSEQUENCES OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM ANDINCREASED GLOBALISATION FOR THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- 2.1. The Tendency of Modern Economic Systems to Reduce the Felt MoralResponsibility of Individuals for Environmental Damage Caused by theirEconomic Activity -- 2.2. Can Economic Globalisation by Stimulating Economic Growth ActuallyLead to Environmental Improvement in the Absence of Greater GovernmentRegulation of Economic Activity? -- 3. IMPORTANT GLOBAL AND TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTALPROBLEMS IDENTIFIED -- 4. FAILURES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF GLOBALAND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- 4.1. Inadequacies of Environmental Governance by Market Systems -- 4.2. Political Inadequacies in the Governance of Global EnvironmentalProblems -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.