Foreword by Michael Powell
Pro Vice Chancellor (Business)
Griffith University

The dominant paradigm for business success is changing to recognise the absolute necessity of social and environmental sustainability in tandem with financial viability. No longer is it enough to focus solely and simply on the bottom line defined in terms of profitability but business success requires management of environmental impacts and emissions as well as ensuring employee wellbeing.

FOOD FIGHT. Obesity is exploding not only in developed countries but also in poor ones. Who is responsible? Read full article

FAIR FIGHT. Supporters of the fair trade movement and the Fairtrade brand feel co-opted by powerful companies they seek to challenge. Read full article

INCREDIBLY INDIA. In a country as vast and diverse as India, the future of corporate responsibility must involve a wide variety of participants. Read full article

WHO'S LEADING HU? Will China, the waking economic giant, leapfrog the mistakes made during the West's industrial revolution? What role will corporate citizenship play? Read full article

CONSUMING TRUTHS. If patterns of consumption remain, companies' efforts to produce more responsible products will not be sustainable. Read full article

TAMING THE MESSENGER. Media watchdogs in Asia remain limited in their ability to hold governments and companies accountable. How then can Asians appreciate corporate citizenship? Read full article

Introduction by Jem Bendell
- Adjunct Associate Professor,
Griffith Business School, Australia
- Founder, Lifeworth, Switzerland

Almost a decade ago, as the Indonesian tropical forests were burning out of control, I wrote that climate change had moved from theory to reality. But whose reality? Since then we've had a decade of business-as-usual, with carbon emissions booming in tandem with economic growth across the global South and steadily climbing in most of the North.

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. Does CSR have a role in avoiding and spotting future Enrons? The company had a CSR report and it lied. Read full article

NOT BANKING ON CORRUPTION. The extractive industry presents the greatest challenge to the World Bank in carrying out the new long-term anticorruption strategy. Read full article

A TIGHTENING WEB.Digital divide used to revolve around access and connections. Now it's on the government censorships and corporate pay-for-play demands. Read full article

CAPITALISM'S RISING STAR?Vietnam's rate of growth and openness to Western standards of doing business are making it an attractive destination for foreign direct investment. Vietnam has been attracting investors to Asia, just like China. Read full article

A DIFFERENT PATH. Advancement of the economically poor in Asia does not have to depend on putting others in danger. Read full article

MODERN DAY SLAVERY. Western brands like Ford, Toyota, General Motors, Nissan, and Whirlpool have been sourcing raw materials made by slave labour in Brazil. Read full article