Abstract
A stable investment climate and a peaceful society are inextricably linked. There exists a growing body of research, as well as civil society and United Nations initiatives, that seek to engage corporations in the prevention of human rights abuses and social unrest, while leveraging resources toward the promotion of good governance and positive economic and social development.
Tools for the prevention of genocide and other atrocity crimes largely focus on the responsibilities of governments, regional, and sub-regional organizations, and the United Nations (UN) Security Council. While many of these actors articulate specific roles for, and relationships with, civil society and the media, specific guidance for private corporations is far less prevalent.
This chapter will examine the correlation between business and peaceful societies, identify emergent theories and examples of corporations’ positive contributions to conflict prevention, and suggest that integrating business actors into discussions of the responsibility to protect (R2P) can leverage new expertise, resources, and political will toward the prevention of atrocity crimes.
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Madden, C.L. (2015). Businesses and Investors as Stakeholders in Atrocity Crime Prevention. In: Curran, D., Fraser, T., Roeder, L., Zuber, R. (eds) Perspectives on Peacekeeping and Atrocity Prevention. Humanitarian Solutions in the 21st Century. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16372-7_11
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