Business and Peace-Building

The Role of Natural Resources Companies

Carol Bond

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Routledge
27 June 2018

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Business ethics

Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

In a world struggling to adapt to seismic social and environmental changes, the time is now for businesses to prioritise creating local conditions of peace. This book builds on original research foregrounding ‘peace’ as a core business outcome for natural resources industries. Especially in non-warlike situations where natural resources industries have exacerbated or caused conflict, foregrounding peace as a core business outcome can bring substantial benefits. Peace is a concept external and internal stakeholders understand. Consequently, research shows that when natural resources sector CSR professionals start reframing their day-to-day decisions in terms of peace outcomes, they are more likely to create efficient and cost-effective solutions to environmental, social and economic business challenges.

This book provides both theory and practical suggestions for how to reframe day-to-day CSR activities of natural resources companies as peace-focused, business decisions. Especially in the remote and rural regions of the world where natural resources industries have the greatest impact, businesses can lead the way in contributing to conditions of peace while bringing much needed resources to market.

By: Carol Bond
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9781138236387
ISBN 10: 1138236381
Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 27 June 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: Peace or a Pipedream? Part 1: Reframing Business Outcomes in the Language of Peace 2. Business, Peace & Natural Resources Industries 3. Expanding the Connection between Business and Positive Peace: Natural Resource Companies as Non- state Actors Part 2: Business and Peace: Paradox or Paradigm Shift? 4. Paradigms 5. Paradigm of Positive Peace Part 3: Peace, Profit and Politics: Redefining the Possible 6. Real World Examples 7. Conclusion: Rhetoric or Reality?

Dr Carol Bond is a Lecturer in Management at the University of Queensland Business School, Australia. Dr Bond’s diverse research areas include: business ethics, peacebuilding responsibilities of business, leadership, and Indigenous wisdom traditions. Carol’s research focuses on large footprint industries including mining, coal seam gas, petroleum pipelines and large infrastructure projects.