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Announcing Issue 4 of Business, Peace and Sustainable Development (BPSD) from Greenleaf Publishing

What responsibility does business have towards peace? What is the role of business in society? If there is anything we can learn from the business scandals and financial crises of the last two decades, it is that we cannot continue with "business as usual", and that corporate philanthropy does not constitute corporate responsibility.

This issue of Business, Peace and Sustainable Development (BPSD) demonstrates how corporate social responsibility (CSR) ideas and concepts can be applied to the areas of peace. It examines the challenges that armed non-state actors (ANSAs) pose to companies in meeting key global standards of corporate social responsibility, discusses the role of business as peace builder, looks at CSR and peace in the mining sector, and discusses the role of the United Nations peacebuilding system in promoting corporate responsibility.

Additionally, Professor Robert McNulty outlines the urgent importance of finding alternatives to violence, outlining the concept of 'business for peace', which promises huge benefits for humanity.

Professor Timothy Fort, a world expert on peace through commerce, contributes a thought-provoking essay on gentle commerce, business and peace. The idea of gentle commerce, similarly to the concept of conscious capitalism, strives to go beyond CSR to fundamentally challenge capitalism and the role of business in society.

Business, Peace and Sustainable Development Issue 4 is available in the Sustainable Organization Library 2015. Visit www.greenleaf-publishing.com/bpsd for more details, including calls for contributions.

Contents

Editorial

From CSR and CSV to Business and Peace

Debbie Haski-Leventhal
Macquarie Graduate School of Management, New South Wales, Australia
               

Business and Armed Non-State Actors: Dilemmas, Challenges and a Way Forward

Ben Miller, Dost Bardouille and Sarah Cechvala
Corporate Engagement Program of CDA, USA

The Restorative Economy: Changing Beliefs and Behaviors for Peace and Prosperity

David J. Bechtold and Susan D. Steiner
The University of Tampa, USA

Business, Peace and Mining: A Literature Review

Carol J Bond

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
               

Towards a Model of UN-sponsored Post-conflict Regulation of Responsible Business Activity

Jolyon Ford
Chatham House, UK
               

Peace Dialogue

Gentle Commerce

Timothy L. Fort
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA       

Peace Dialogue

Reflections on the Importance of Business for Peace in 21st-Century Peacebuilding

Robert E. McNulty
Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University, USA
               

Call for Contributions

Business, Peace and Sustainable Development (BPSD) aims at understanding the relationship between business, peace and development. BPSD publishes in areas including: cases of corporate peace, peace through commerce, and businesses contributing to peace and development; economic metrics on the mutual contribution of business, economy and peace; stakeholders' perceptions and attitudes (e.g. motivations, barriers, attitudes); measurements and comparisons of corporate peace in various firms, countries etc; business and human rights; and business and disaster reduction.

We are currently inviting papers of between 3,000 and 6,000 words for double-blind peer review. Contributions are also invited for BPSD's Peace Dialogues section. This is the non-peer-reviewed section of BPSD, designed for publishing short essays and thought pieces on the role of business in enhancing peace and sustainable development.

For more details, including guidelines for contributors, visit www.greenleaf-publishing.com/bpsd or contact us by email.

Contact details

Editor: Dr Debbie Haski-Leventhal
Email: debbie.haski-leventhal@mgsm.edu.au

Publisher: Anna Comerford
Email: anna.comerford@greenleaf-publishing.com