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This book examines the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on local economies, and presents selected case studies of MNEs operating in low income countries. By balancing external social and environmental costs against its corresponding benefits, the book demonstrates that MNEs can have a positive net-impact on local development if they build up social capital by embedding themselves in local economies and engaging responsibly with local stakeholders. By doing so MNEs contribute to inclusive growth, a central pillar of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In this context, the book challenges popular narratives in civil society and academia that frame foreign direct investment (FDI) merely as a threat to human rights and sustainable development. Moreover, it offers practical guidance for globally operating businesses seeking to establish progressive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies of their own.

International business enterprises --- International trade. --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- Commerce --- International economic relations --- Non-traded goods --- Management. --- International economics. --- Social responsibility of busines. --- Globalization. --- Sustainable development. --- International Economics. --- Corporate Social Responsibility. --- Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. --- Emerging Markets/Globalization. --- Sustainable Development. --- International Economic Law, Trade Law. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Economic policy, Foreign --- Economic relations, Foreign --- Economics, International --- Foreign economic policy --- Foreign economic relations --- Interdependence of nations --- International economic policy --- International economics --- New international economic order --- Economic policy --- Economic sanctions --- Environmental aspects --- Social responsibility of business. --- Economic sociology. --- Markets. --- International law. --- Trade. --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- Public markets --- Fairs --- Market towns --- Economic sociology --- Economics --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- Business --- Corporate accountability --- Corporate responsibility --- Corporate social responsibility --- Corporations --- CSR (Corporate social responsibility) --- Industries --- Social responsibility, Corporate --- Social responsibility of industry --- Business ethics --- Issues management --- Social aspects --- Social responsibility

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This book addresses the ability of market-based instruments to improve the sustainable provision of environmental services. The author combines field research and insights from the multi-stakeholder dialogue at the FAO to analyze the gap between the predictions provided by theory and the corresponding outcomes in practice. In particular, the author challenges the theory behind Payments for Environmental Services (PES), a concept derived from neoclassical welfare economics, by demonstrating that PES projects often lack financial sustainability unless local entrepreneurs make use of the resulting new networks to create innovative markets for environmental goods. The author calls for a shift of focus from regulation to innovation in projects and policies designed to improve the provision of environmental services. Its spotlight on the positive social impacts of companies that engage in hybrid PES schemes will make the book appealing to practitioners and policymakers alike. "This book is a refreshing challenge to conventional approaches to payments for environmental services. It offers a more realistic framework that accounts for human creativity and innovation in environmental management." Professor Calestous Juma, Harvard Kennedy School,Cambridge, MA, USA (Author of the "The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa", Oxford University Press 2011) "Philipp Aerni offers a most useful critical assessment of the theory and practice of payments for ecosystem services. His book helps us understand why such payments sometimes fail to reach their objectives, and what could be done about it, particularly in less developed countries."  Professor Thomas Bernauer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Professional ethics. Deontology --- General ethics --- Methodology of economics --- Economics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Agronomy --- Organization theory --- Production management --- Business management --- Business economics --- financieel management --- duurzaamheid --- economie --- ethiek --- landbouwbeleid --- management --- deontologie --- milieuzorg --- bedrijfsethiek --- creativiteit --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- informatietechnologie

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Welche Rolle spielt die Moral für unser wirtschaftliches Handeln und überhaupt in der Wirtschaft? Steht sie uns vielleicht sogar im Weg? Durch Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrisen ist das Misstrauen zwischen Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft weiter gestiegen. In Anbetracht dessen stellen die Herausgeber dieses Bandes die Frage, ob wir eine neue Wirtschaftsethik brauchen: eine Wirtschaftsethik, die den in der Wirtschaft tätigen Menschen eine wirkliche Orientierung gibt, statt sie dem Dilemma von leerem Moralismus und praktischen Zwängen der ökonomischen Welt zu überlassen; eine Wirtschaftsethik, die dem Anspruch, einen realistischen ethischen Rahmen für das wirtschaftliche Handeln zu bieten, tatsächlich gerecht wird. Die Beiträge dieses Buches behandeln interdisziplinär und aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven die Schwierigkeiten mit der Moral und münden in der provokanten These, dass sich Wirtschaftsethik auch ausgezeichnet als Warnung vor der Moral eignet. Der Inhalt Märkte und Moral • Philosophische Ethik und Märkte-Moral •  Zur Psychologie des Marktes • Zur Frage der Nachhaltigkeit   Die Zielgruppen Dozierende und Studierende der Philosophie, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, interessierte Wirtschaftsakteure   Die Herausgebenden Dr. Philipp Aerni ist Direktor im Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CCRS) an der Universität Zürich. Prof. Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Grün ist Professor für Philosophie an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Leiter des Philosophischen Kollegs für Führungskräfte (PhilKoll) und Vizepräsident des Ethikverbandes der deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. Dr. Irina Kummert ist Präsidentin des Ethikverbands der deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. und Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin der IKP Executive Search GmbH.

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According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the private sector plays a key role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). After all, sustainable and inclusive economic growth is essential to enable more people to participate in global prosperity. Encouraging entrepreneurship and job creation are key to SDG 8, as are effective measures to eradicate forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking. Since more than 90 percent of jobs are created by the private sector, more attention must be paid to entrepreneurs that help create dynamic and responsible enterprises that often generate positive externalities for society and the environment through investments in scalable innovations and a commitment to local embeddedness. As such, they help lift people out of poverty through new and relatively well-paid jobs and enable local economies to become more sustainable through global value chain integration. Transitioning to Decent Work and Economic Growth explores the prospects for SDG 8 in the Global South as well as the Global North. It especially considers the positive role the private sector may play as an enabler of human rights, creator of decent work and engine for inclusive development in different contexts. Further, it examines how the institutional environment can facilitate economic change, which may lead to social empowerment and enhanced economic opportunities. A key question the volume explores, is how—in an entrepreneurial context—innovation and scientific knowledge contribute to the creation of scalable innovation that help to de-couple economic growth from the use of natural resources. Transitioning to Decent Work and Economic Growth is part of MDPI's new Open Access book series Transitioning to Sustainability. With this series, MDPI pursues environmentally and socially relevant research which contributes to efforts toward a sustainable world. Transitioning to Sustainability aims to add to the conversation about regional and global sustainable development according to the 17 SDGs. Set to be published in 2020/2021, the book series is intended to reach beyond disciplinary, even academic boundaries. For use of the SDG logos and design, please see the according Guidelines for the use of the SDG logo, color wheel, and 17 icons.

sustainable economy --- economic growth --- work --- decent work

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Long description: Auf Vertrauen können wir nicht verzichten, weder in unseren zwischenmenschlichen Bezügen noch in gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhängen. Es wird überall eingefordert, erwartet und gewährt. Zugleich kann Vertrauen aber auch enttäuscht werden und ist somit ein riskantes Unterfangen, das keine Sicherheit bieten kann. Vertrauen bleibt also ein Wagnis, dem wir uns immer wieder aussetzen müssen, das uns verletzlich macht, zu dem jedoch keine Alternative besteht. In diesem Sammelband, der aus einer Ringvorlesung an der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften St. Gallen hervorgegangen ist, wird der Vertrauensbegriff auf verschiedene thematische Bereiche übertragen und hinsichtlich seiner Leistungsfähigkeit befragt. Long description: Auf Vertrauen können wir nicht verzichten. Zugleich ist Vertrauen ein riskantes Unterfangen, das keine Sicherheit bieten kann und stets ein Wagnis bleibt. In diesem Sammelband wird der Vertrauensbegriff auf unterschiedliche thematische Bereiche übertragen und hinsichtlich seiner Leistungsfähigkeit befragt. Biographical note: Prof. Dr. Marcel Meier Kressig ist emeritierter Professor an der Ostschweizer Fachhochschule. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Gesellschaftstheorie, Sozialphilosophie, Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie, Sicherheit und Risiko. Prof. Dr. Mathias Lindenau ist Professor für Ethik und Ideengeschichte an der Ostschweizer Fachhochschule. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind angewandte Ethik, Ideengeschichte, politische Utopie, Entscheidungsfindung, politische Sprache.

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