Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Sir Robert Wilson -- Foreword / by Mark Malloch-Brown -- Differing development outcomes and their causes -- Coalitions, governments and doing the right thing -- The United Nations global compact -- Some alternatives in countries with military rule or human rights abuses: sanctions or withdrawal -- Dining with the devil: engaging with those guilty of human rights abuses -- Markets are essential, but they cannot do everything -- Oil, gas and climate change -- Corruption: the biggest market failure of all -- Enterprise solutions to poverty and development -- Lessons from China on poverty eradication -- 1995: Shell's annus horribilis and its consequences -- Embedding values and principles -- Changes in structure and governance: do they matter? -- Differences in remuneration and wealth in companies and societies -- The business of not-for-profit enterprises.

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