Eleven papers assess changes brought about by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, and the Millennium Development Goals. The contributors examine corporate social responsibility practices, corporate water accounting standards, global regulation of asbestos, the
positive returns of ethical business practices, the effects of mining on host communities, privatization of former state enterprises, and the role of women as statutory auditors. Distributed in
North American by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)