On this page you will find downloads, information and literature for further research on business in conflict.

• Business in Zones of Conflict – The Role of the Multinationals in Promoting Regional Stability
  Report on companies in regions with conflicts, subdivided into energy/oil, diamonds, finance, etc. Produced for the UN Global Compact Dialogue.
  Bennett, Juliette, 2001.
• Assessing the Corporate Sector in Mainstreaming Conflict Prevention
  Champain, Phil, CPN Jahrbuch 2001.
• Business and War
  Business and War report of the South African Security Review on the influence of companies (oil, mining) on wars and zones of conflict in southern Africa. It particularly refers to the private sector.
  Cilliers, Jakkie, published in African Security Review Vol 10 No 3, 2001.
• Business: Why do Private Companies have a Role in Conflict Prevention?
  Detailed report on this forum concerning business in conflict. It provides background information on why companies are or rather should be involved in working on conflicts. It summarises the six principles that companies should apply when acting in regions with conflicts.
  Davies, Robert, The Prince of Wales Business Leader Forum, 2000.
• Companies in Conflict Situations: A Role for Tri-Sector Partnerships?
  Davy, Aidan, 2001.
  www.bpd-naturalresources.org/media/....pdf, 0 MB
• „Does Business have a Role in Conflict Management?“ in Turbulent Peace
  Hauffler, Virginia - (editor). Chester Crocher, Pamela Aal and Fen Osler Hampson, 2001.
• The Private Sector and Conflict
  Report on the Global Compact and on the reasons why multinational companies accept a role in working on conflicts. The report also explains the views of NGOs on companies that are involved in the GC.
  Mack, Andrew, Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research.
  www.stanford.edu/~dusan/mack.doc, 0 MB
• Multinational Enterprises in Situations of Violent Conflict and Widespread Human Rights Abuses
  Analyses, causes and the logic of conflicts in relation to weak local finance institutions. Gives examples of initiatives for the natural resources industry for transparency in financial policy and against money laundering (income transparency, trust funds, regional cash flow, anti-corruption and anti-money-laundering initiatives, social responsibility funds etc.)
  OECD Working Paper, Mai 2002.
  www.oecd.org/dataoecd/46/31/2757771.pdf, 0 MB
• Private Sector Actors in Zones of Conflict: Research Challenges and Policy Responses
  Refers to incentives and self-interest of the private sector and to possible political options for partnership in crisis prevention.
  Sherman, Jake, 2001.
  www.ipacademy.org/...Report_Private_Sector.pdf, 0 MB
• Fuelling Conflict: The Oil Industry and Armed Conflict
  Analyses the negative influence of oil companies and possible political and private sector responses (guidelines, Corporate Social Responsibility, company networks, transparency measures, public pressure).
  Swanson, Philip, Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science.
  www.fafo.no/pub/rapp/378/378.pdf, 0 MB