What responsibilities do oil companies in Angola have to improve the situation of the Angolan population? Standard corporate social responsibility (CSR) ...

What are the responsibility of oil companies in resource rich countries? Do they take these responsibilities? Based on a utilitarian perspective and ...

The article explores the promotion and reception of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Arab world, taking Syria and Dubai as "most different" ...

While it is commonly accepted that corporations have negative duties to respect human rights, the question of whether rights also imply positive duties ...

What is Left of State Responsibility? Turning State Obligations into State Responsibilities in the

Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on the agenda of most major corporations, corporate executives still largely support the view that corporations ...

Introduction Since the 1950s, there has been a growing international awareness of the need for business organizations to commit to a social role that ...

Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on the agenda of most major corporations, corporate executives still largely support the view that corporations ...

The question of corporate responsibility in poor and undemocratic countries, has been addressed by a CMI strategic institute programme (SIP) entitled ...

The purpose of this issue paper is to identify and discuss major challenges, appropriate responses, and relevant tools for addressing corruption in revenue ...

A recent polling excercise among Norwegian consumers found that only 21% stated profit as the main objective of business activities. Corresponding results ...

Corporate community development projects typically do not fail due to incompetence. They fail because promoting development is not their underlying objective. Making money is.

To what extent should multinational corporations doing business in developing countries contribute to improving social conditions? Where should the line ...

Private companies are spending significant resources on social projects in Angola, for the benefit of poor, for general development purposes and for positioning ...

Understanding the role of large energy corporations in society is a crucial, yet challenging task for the social science of energy. Ethnographic methods ...

Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and ...

This thesis enquires into the policy consequences of the Mendoza case, a public interest litigation case in Argentina, in which several non-governmental ...

Empowerment, participation, accountability and non-discrimination: Operationalising a human rights-based approach to development, is the theme of this year's volume. CMI researcher Hugo Stokke explores the boundaries of state responsibility in his essay "What is left of State Responsibility? Turning State Obligations into State Responsibility in the Field of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The business case for CSR refers to the idea that companies should adopt socially respon­sible practices out of self-interest. This article critically ...

To what extent should multinational corporations doing business in developing countries contribute to improving social conditions? Where should the line ...