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Hi all,

Beware: self-promotion (and sorry for cross-posting). . .  here it comes. . .

Two books, one just came out and the other coming out next week:

The Global Corporation

Sustainable, Effective and Ethical Practices: A Case Book

Edited by Laura P. Hartman & Patricia H. Werhane

More info at http://www.routledge.com/9780415801607.  

Over the past several years, a great deal of media attention and popular literature has detailed corporate misdeeds, and much of the reporting is accurate.  In the meantime, there are hundreds of companies striving to do the right thing and succeeding. These companies are the backbone of our economy and of global economic growth; but this good behavior and its contributions to our economy are only found on the back pages of journals and seldom reported in books or on the Internet.  While we do not advocate ignoring the scandals that have shaken our confidence in free enterprise, it is equally important to consider positive models for commerce, models that have generated value both domestically and on a global scale.  We are then able to extract frameworks for corporate moral decision-making that can be emulated by other companies who are just starting up, emerging, or revamping their ethics focus in light of a scandal.  This text is comprised of a series of case studies focusing on specific instances of these effective corporate practices.

Alleviating Poverty Through Profitable Partnerships

Globalization, Markets, and Economic Well-Being

By Patricia H. Werhane, Scott P. Kelley, Laura P. Hartman, Dennis J. Moberg

(Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2009),

More info at http://www.routledgebusiness.com/books/Alleviating-Poverty-Through-Profitable-Partnerships-isbn9780415801539.

Publication Date: 14th July 2009 (Available for Pre-order)

In this book, the authors approach poverty alleviation from an atypical perspective. They argue that poverty amelioration cannot be effected by the traditional means employed during the last century-foreign aid from developed nations and/or from non-profit international organizations. Rather, the authors present evidence which demonstrates that a mindset embracing initiatives developed by global corporations in response to the poverty challenge is significantly more effective. Global companies can alleviate poverty by seizing market opportunities at the Base of the economic Pyramid (BoP) with the implementation of three key processes: moral imagination, systems thinking, and deep dialogue.

Prof. Laura P. Hartman

Vincent de Paul Professor of Business Ethics

Director of Research, Institute for Business & Professional Ethics

DePaul University
Dept. of Management, ste. 7000

1 E. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
Ph: 312/362-6569, Fax: 312/362-6973, Mobile: 312/493-9929

http://works.bepress.com/laurahartman

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