Synopses & Reviews
Gordon Brown, Jonathan Sacks, Joseph Stiglitz, Hans Kung, Shirley Williams, and a dozen other leading thinkers in international business and ethics identify the pressing moral issues which global capitalism must answer. How can we develop a global economic architecture, which is efficient, morally acceptable, geographically inclusive and sustainable over time? If global capitalism-arguably the most efficient wealth creating system currently known to man-is to be both economically viable and socially acceptable, each of its four constituent institutions (markets, governments, supranational agencies and civil society) must not only be technically competent, but also be buttressed and challenged by a strong moral ethos. The book includes contributions from leading academics, politicians, and moralists. Recognizing that solutions will not come from any one quarter, and that any serious discussion of a just and equitable system will touch on questions of ethics and faith, the book approaches the issues from a range of different disciplines and forums.
About the Author
John Dunning is Emeritus Professor of International Business at the University of Reading, and State of New Jersey Professor of International Business at Rutgers University. He has been researching into the economics of international direct investment and the multinational enterprise since the 1950's and has authored, co-authored or edited numerous books on this subject and on industrial and regional economics.
Table of Contents
Introduction,
John H. Dunning1. The Moral Imperatives of Global Capitalism: An overview, John H. Dunning
2. Private Morality and Capitalism: Learning from the past, Deepak Lal
3. Institutions and Morality: An economist's appraisal, Alan Hamlin
4. Towards a New Paradigm of Development, Joseph Stiglitz
5. Transformation of Society: Implications for globalization, Jack N. Behrman
6. Global Social Justice: The moral responsibilities of the rich to the poor, Shirley Williams
7. The Ethical Framework of the Global Market Economy, Hans Küng
8. The Challenge of Global Capitalism: A Christian perspective, Brian Griffiths
9. The Challenge of Global Capitalism: An Islamic perspective, Khurshid Ahmad
10. Global Convenant: A Jewish perspective on globalization, Jonathan Sacks
11. The Challenge of Global Capitalism: The perspective of eastern religions, David R. Loy
12. A Universal Culture of Human Rights and Freedom's Habits: Caritapolis, Michael Novak
13. On the Political Relevance of Global Civil Society, Richard Falk
14. [to be confirmed], Robert Davies
15. Governments and Supranational Agencies, Gordon Brown
16. Conclusion, John H. Dunning