In the past decade the number of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) has increased substantially. This development stands to act as a positive impact for posterity. However, the increase of SWFs is gaining much attention and raises concerns about the way in which these funds operate in the world of...

This volume takes a hard look at the soft practice of corporate governance. It grew out of a series of contributions from the Third ISBEE World Congress on Business Ethics that took place on July 2004 in Melbourne.

The globalisation of the world economy and the liberalisation of the world trade intensified the debate on minimum social standards in the production of goods and on social clauses in trade agreements. The author first summarises the actual positions in the international discussion on the...

"The book is a handbook on corporate philanthropy in China, with comparisons to the best practices in Europe, especially Switzerland. It reviews the history of corporate philanthropy in China during the modern (post 1911) period, to provide context for representatives of foreign businesses and...