Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
3-2013
Abstract
Globalization, privatization, and CHANging ideas about the roles of business and government are transforming the social contract under which business is allowed to operate. Global companies are also policy-makers and public goods providers, governments seek profits through state-owned enterprises and sovereign wealth funds, and everyone is trying to figure out how to partner with everyone else. As a result of global economic and social integration, more and more of the business-society interaction has played out at a transnational rather than purely national level, involving transnational corporations, transnational civil society networks and organizations, and inter-governmental organizations. Experiments with codes of conduct, disclosure standards, new business models, and investment standards, along with numerous dialogues and partnerships, provide the basis for a rich and important research agenda.
Keywords
Social contract, globalization, partnerships, transnational, intergovernmental organization, NGOs, International business enterprises, Business and politics, International relations
Discipline
International Business | Public Policy
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Handbook of Global Companies
Editor
John Mikler
First Page
335
Last Page
350
ISBN
9781118326152
Identifier
10.1002/9781118326152.ch20
Publisher
Wiley
City or Country
Chichester
Citation
FLORINI, Ann. (2013). Global Companies and Global Society: The Evolving Social Contract. In Handbook of Global Companies (pp. 335-350). Chichester: Wiley.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1209
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118326152.ch20