DEVS 230 Study Guide - Final Guide: International Political Economy, Business Case, Corporate Sustainability

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Global Development Studies
• Course: DEVS 230
• Professor: Susanne M Soederberg

Document Summary

*core assumptions = ability to balance private interests and public good by ef cient principle (pro t maximization)! *un global compact = exempli es legitimization of assumptions at a global levelproblems with csr*no hard law + corporations responsible for what they want to approach= lack of accountability ! !-soft laws that actually promote neoliberalismconnections to pwcr*csr emerged from neoliberal framing of development outlined by pwcr ! *follows same policies free trade, market liberalization, pro t based! *focused on corporate sustainability instead of worker or environment in the global south for pro t maximization not loss! *csr views global south as resource producing items for af uent markets connection to south producing goods for north! *public good + private interests = unbalanced private exceeds public = oppression! *corporations = out of touch with majority of the world may seem like universal concept = good for everyone but based on interests of global north!