NGOs and Corporations Conflict and Collaboration

Name: NGOs and Corporations Conflict and Collaboration
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ISBN: 9780521686013

ISBN-10: 0521686016

ISBN-13: 9780521686013

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jonathan Doh, Michael Yaziji

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We live in a period marked by the ascendency of corporations. At the same time, the number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as Amnesty International, CARE, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Save the Children, and the WWF has rapidly increased in the last twenty years. As a result, these two very different types of organization are playing an increasingly important role in shaping our society, yet they often have very different agendas. This book focuses on the dynamic interactions, both conflictual and collaborative, that exist between corporations and NGOs. It includes rigorous models, frameworks, and case studies to document the various ways that NGOs target corporations through boycotts,…

Book details

List price: $53.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/26/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



List of figures


List of tables


Preface


Foreword


Acknowledgments



Understanding NGOS



Classifying NGOs: definitions, typologies and networks



The emergence of NGOs in the context of business-government-societal relationships



The emergence of NGOs in the context of ethical and institutional complexity


Case illustration: genetically modified organisms, social movements and NGOs


Case illustration: protecting the people-environmental NGOs and TXU Energy



NGO advocacy campaigns



NGO campaigns against corporations and (de-) legitimacy



How do they do it? Understanding the power and influence of radical advocacy NGOs



NGO campaign types and company responses


Case illustration: PETA and KFC


Case illustration: Coca-Cola in India



Corporate-NGO engagement



Corporate-NGO engagements: from conflict to collaboration



Globalization, multinationals and NGOs: the next wave


Case illustration: conflict diamonds


Case illustration: Unilever in Indonesia


Case illustration: microfinance and poverty reduction



The future of corporate-NGO relations



The future of corporate-NGO relations


Index