One of the most vexing human rights issues of our time has been how to protect the rights of individuals and communities worldwide in an age of globalization and multinational business. Indeed, from Indonesian sweatshops to oil-based violence in Nigeria, the challenges of regulating harmful corporate practices in some of the world’s most difficult regions long seemed insurmountable. Human rights groups and businesses were locked in a stalemate, unable to find common ground.

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People, processes, and technology. These are the three major drivers of business achievement. The best leaders inherently understand that great companies start with great people.

This is as true now as it was during the beginning of the industrial revolution, and understanding and staying current on the latest organizational behavior research and best practices paves the way for managerial success. In this updated edition of Organizational Behavior, theory, new research and real-world case st...

Develop business understanding through real-life examples and latest developments in the field Procurement and Supply Chain Management, 10th Edition, by Farrington is the most comprehensive and accessible textbook on procurement and supply chain management currently available. It is the ideal textbook for those aspiring to be leaders in the profession, and for those who are engaged in professional studies for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply examinations (at both the foundati...

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Global Financial Accounting and Reporting: Principles and Analysis continues to be an invaluable resource for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students of introductory financial accounting. Comprehensive and well-illustrated, it covers all the important topics without being too technical and takes a truly international approach. Using extracts from the latest IFRS Standards and real company report data, this book takes a global approach, giving students direct exposure to contemporary repo...

A stellar author team guides you through the key topics of human resource management from strategic and international perspectives in this updated edition.

For a century, economists have driven forward the cause of globalization in financial institutions, labour markets, and trade. Yet there have been consistent warning signs that a global economy and free trade might not always be advantageous. Where are the pressure points? What could be done about them? Dani Rodrik examines the back-story from its seventeenth-century origins through the milestones of the gold standard, the Bretton Woods Agreement, and the Washington Consensus, to the present ...