What is the role of international business in this dilemma? How and why do international corporations maximize value beyond core strategy and partners through corporate responsibility? This informative and accessible resource expands the readers' understanding of the ways in which profit...

Ethics, social responsibility, leadership, governance. These terms are heard in the classroom, in the boardroom, and viewed on the front page of newspapers and magazines. Yet serious attention to the relationships among these concepts is lacking. Although commitments to leadership, ethics, and...

Introduction -- The international oil industry -- Links between oil and conflict in producing areas -- Corporate social responsibility -- Azerbaijan : oil, conflict, and the business role in peace building -- Angola : oil, conflict, and postconflict reconstruction -- Sudan : oil wealth, civil...