Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Saenz, Cesar, The Ark of Shared Value: Using Shared Value Creation to Increase Corporate Social Responsibility Investments. (Emerald Points) 116 pp. 2024:8 (Emerald, UK) <727-371>
ISBN 978-1-83608-243-9 hard ¥12,266.- (税込) US$ 59.00 *

The Ark of Shared Value is a fundamental guide for those involved in designing and implementing sustainable business projects. The Ark is a one-page tool that is easy to use and presents the key elements of sustainable projects. This tool incorporates visual thinking for sustainable projects, allowing designers to discuss and collaborate on the project effectively. Cesar Saenz offers the Ark of Shared Value as a tangible way to present sustainable projects, including the stakeholders involved, resources used, activities conducted, and benefits received for each stakeholder, all on a single page. Companies and organizations, as well as professionals who believe that doing business can enhance the environment and social well-being, can utilize The Ark of Shared Value.

Schoensteiner, Judith / Krajewski, Markus (eds.), Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability in State-Owned Enterprises. (Human Rights and International Law) 234 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <727-372>
ISBN 978-1-032-27115-6 hard ¥42,405.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00 *

This book presents case studies on the human rights performance of state-owned enterprises from four Latin American and three European countries, as well as foreign investments by Chinese state-owned enterprises on these continents. State-owned enterprises are considered among some of the worst perpetrators of contamination and corporate human rights violations around the globe, both domestically and abroad. This volume examines whether companies implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and how their state owners regulate or incentivize their human rights compliance. Studies cover different sectors ranging from finance to extractives and air transport in Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, and Mexico and allow contrasts between companies from countries with different degrees of human rights regulation, including due diligence and supply chain laws. The work shows that states are rather hesitant to implement the UN Guiding Principles "leading by example." The book will be essential reading for academics, researchers, and policy-makers working in the areas of international human rights law, comparative administrative law, and corporate social responsibility.

Triantis, John E., Ethics in Business Decisions and Competitive Advantage. 290 pp. 2024:12 (Productivity Pr., US) <727-373>
ISBN 978-1-032-71503-2 hard ¥38,164.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-71502-5 paper ¥12,718.- (税込) GB￡ 44.99 *

Business ethics is the set of practices and policies that companies use to guide them through decisions about finances, negotiations and deals, corporate social responsibility, and more. Without a strong set of ethics, a business can run afoul of the law and encounter financial pitfalls and moral dilemmas. The objective of this book is a practical, fair, balanced, and objective treatment of the role of ethics in the business performance of companies in competitive markets that demonstrates how ethics affects business culture, strategy, decision-making, and value creation, which then determine competitiveness and business viability. The universality of corruption and the prevalence of unethical conduct is the background from which the narrative describes how ethical issues enter all functional areas. The ethics' effects on the complexity of decisions and challenges are examined and the questions of why bother with ethical business and whether businesses invite government regulation are answered. Next, a framework is developed to identify and trace links and influences of business ethics on strategic decisions, corporate culture, and decision-making. The effects of strategy and culture on key business success factors and their interdependence are reviewed along with those with competitive advantage elements. These assessments then form the basis of characterizing competitive advantage in the framework developed. Decision-making and strategy links with competitive advantage elements and the inter-competitive advantage element interactions are evaluated along with competitive advantage organizational effects. The uniqueness of this book is the creation of a method to identify and assess how ethics impacts business decisions and competitive advantage based on accepted economic tenants. It lays the plan for quantitative assessments of the impact of ethical behavior, and it is written from the perspective of a business economist. Other books deal with business ethics elements only; none explains how ethics' effects permeate business sustainability. The main contribution of this book is demonstrating that ethics is a necessary factor for business sustainability. It provides insights to regulators at all government levels, counterbalances ethicist claims about business ethics, and points out how ethical business conduct affects the economy.