Global Issues

By: Moira Feil

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Hardcover | 15 January 2012 | Edition Number 1

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In this book, Moira Feil challenges the role of private actors in governance by focusing on the hard case of security. She assesses the political quality of corporate engagement by systematically differentiating governance contributions from broader corporate responsibility approaches as well as their direct and indirect connections to security. New empirical information on company cases from beverage production, telecommunications and petrol distribution sectors in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals an array of company engagements, though no direct governance contributions to security. The explanatory model for company governance contributions draws on global governance, failed states and organisational research. The author suggests that contextual influences interplay with public and private sector leadership in fostering corporate contributions to governance. She highlights that context matters to governance expectations and that corporations have a role to play.

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List of Tables	p. viii
List of Figures	p. ix
List of Acronyms	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Companies in conflict zones	p. 1
A note on design and terms	p. 5
Terminology	p. 7
Assumptions and limitations	p. 8
Outline of the book	p. 9
Business in War and Peace	p. 12
Economic dimensions of conflict and the business of war	p. 13
Conceptions of corporate contributions to peace	p. 16
Corporate decisions and behaviour	p. 17
Mechanisms linking corporate decisions and behaviour to peace (or conflict)	p. 20
Factors influencing corporate decisions and behaviour	p. 23
Neighbouring perspectives on to corporations in conflict zones	p. 27
Peace, conflict and security studies	p. 27
Corporate Governance and CSR	p. 28
Conclusion	p. 29
Concepts of Socio-Political Corporate Engagement	p. 31
Global governance	p. 32
The emergence of global governance	p. 32
What is the role for corporations in global governance?	p. 34
Interim conclusion	p. 35
Corporate social responsibility	p. 36
The emergence of CSR	p. 36
What is the role of business in society? The CSR Family	p. 37
CSR and CSP	p. 38
Corporate citizenship	p. 39
Interim conclusion	p. 40
Localising global governance and CSR	p. 40
Global governance and CSR in developing countries and conflict zones	p. 41
Interim conclusion	p. 43
Conclusion	p. 44
Definitions	p. 45
A Framework of Analysis for Corporate Governance Contributions in Conflict Zones	p. 47
Corporate governance contributions to peace and security	p. 47
Differentiating corporate engagement as governance or CSR	p. 48
Conflict relevance and conflict sensitivity	p. 56
Categories of corporate engagement	p. 61
Contextual explanations	p. 63
Governance environment and host state context	p. 65
Security context and conflict characteristics	p. 72
Other explanations	p. 77
Case selection	p. 79
Case Studies from Central Africa	p. 83
Corporate engagements in Rwanda	p. 83
Rwanda's conflict history and developments	p. 84
Rwanda's governance context and host state environment	p. 88
Case 1: Alpha in Rwanda	p. 98
Contrast cases in Rwanda	p. 111
Corporate engagements in Eastern DRC/Kivus	p. 118
DRC's (Kivus) conflict history and developments	p. 119
DRC's (Kivus) governance context and host state environment	p. 123
Case 2: Beta in DRC	p. 133
Comparison and discussion	p. 141
Alpha and Beta	p. 144
Reflection on categorisation	p. 146
Explanations for Corporate Engagement	p. 148
Governance environment	p. 149
Governance gaps	p. 150
State-centred shadow of hierarchy	p. 150
Non-state groups' shadow of hierarchy	p. 155
Comparison and discussion	p. 157
Security environment	p. 159
Conflict proximity	p. 160
Conflict phase	p. 161
Conflict issue	p. 166
Comparison and discussion	p. 168
Further explanations	p. 171
Group policies and organisational culture	p. 172
Company reputation	p. 178
Model of companies' governance contributions in conflict zones	p. 181
Conclusions	p. 189
Appendices	p. 200
Boxes illustrating candidate hypotheses	p. 200
Corporate engagements - overview tables	p. 201
Overview of interviews and corporate sources	p. 206
Notes	p. 208
References	p. 218
Index	p. 239
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