Peace Through Commerce

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Peace Through Commerce

• AACSB Internationals Initiative to Meet Critical
  Global Challenges
• Deans Conference
• San Diego, 2006

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• Session Overview
• Introduction of Task Force
• Background History and Mission
• Update Current activities Members
• Intellectual Underpinnings
• Examples of Activities
• Discussion Next steps

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A world where some live in comfort and plenty,
while half the human race lives on less than 2
a day, is neither just nor stable. President
George W. Bush National Security Strategy
1.2 billion people currently live in extreme
poverty less than 1/day.
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History

• There was a growing perception that fundamental
  dynamics were working that would impact all of
  us.
• We have a moral, ethical, and professional
  responsibility for addressing these dynamics and
  the challenges they pose for organizations and
  people.
• A small group led by Carolyn Woo began to meet
  and discuss whether AACSB International could
  play a role.
• An initial meeting at GWU in November 2005, with
  subsequent teleconferences.

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The Rationale Why do This?

• The Seven Revolutions are well underway (Center
  for Strategic and International Studies).
• Globalization is creating incredible opportunity
  for billions of new participants -- also clear
  losers.
• We are also increasingly resource and
  environmentally challenged, adding to the
  competition and conflict potential.
• Far from an even or easy process-- the potential
  for excessive, continuous disruption and conflict
  is enormous.

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Proposed Mission

• To encourage broad understanding of the
  peace/commerce link and to help business schools
  and others exploit the power of this concept, the
  following mission was adopted
• The task force will consider, plan, and
  execute strategies that will enable and encourage
  AACSB International and business schools to help
  staff, faculty, students, and alumni, to
  understand and engage in internal and external
  outreach activities that harness the connection
  between business and peace.

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PTC Membership to Date

• AACSB International
• Academic Programs Schools
• Carolyn Woo, Chair -- Notre Dame University
• Tim Fort -- George Washington University
• Fenwick Huss -- Georgia State Univ.
• Robert Karam -- Holy Spirit University Foundation
• Niranjan Pati -- Indiana University (Kokomo)
• Sung Joo Park -- Korean Institute of Science
  Technology
• Richard Cosier -- Purdue University
• Andrea Gasparri -- SDA Bocconi
• Joe McCann -- University of Tampa
• Rita Jordan -- US Air Force Academy
• Governmental, NGOs Private Sector
• Bill Gates, Sr. -- Initiative for Global
  Development (IGD)
• Manuel Escudero -- Global Compact Program United
  Nations

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Friedmans World Flatteners

• 1 -- 11/9/89 When the
• walls came down and
• the windows went up
• 2 -- 8/9/95 When
• Netscape went public
• 3 -- Workflow software
• 4 -- Open sourcing
• 5 -- Out sourcing
• 6 -- Off shoring
• 7 -- Supply chaining
• 8 -- Insourcing
• 9 -- In-forming
• 10 -- The steroids
• and all are converging

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The Seven Revolutions

• Economic integration
• Resource management
• Population
• Technology
• Knowledge
• Conflict
• Governance

Source Center for Strategic International
Studies http//csis.org
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Governance the Key Revolution

• All of the other 6 revolutions can be dealt
  with through creative, sustained leadership.
• Will require new institutions, the revitalization
  of current ones (public, private, and NGO).
• Will require new forms of collaboration and
  partnerships across borders, sectors.
• Is this possible? Depends in part upon what we do.

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Role of Business in Globalized Economy Tim Fort,
George Washington Univ.

• Businesses
• Opportunity to work across borders
• Provide economic development
• Bridge ethnic and religious divisions
• Or
• Perceived as exploitative
• Culturally insensitive
• Dominating

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Fort Ethical Business Behavior -- Unexpected
Payoff (reduced violence)

• Do what do best provide economic development
  (studies document link between econ. development
  and reduced violence)
• Make themselves accountable (corruption/violence
  correlation)
• Good Business Diplomacy (culturally sensitive,
  environmentally responsible, protective of human
  rights)
• Constitute themselves Respect voice gender
  equity, mediating institutions
• Track Two diplomacy (links to otherwise
  conflicting groups)

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• AACSB Survey
• Survey of all member schools
• Global outreach activities
• May have peace impact
• Examples
• Curricular innovations
• Collaborations
• Partnerships
• Exchanges

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• Examples

• Qualifying Industrial Zones in Egypt

• Business opportunities between Israel and its
  neighbors and Israel and the world enhance the
  possibility of achieving a long-term political
  solution in the Middle East.
• "Sharing and working together creates a win-win
  situation," Ezra said. "I am a diplomat, but for
  me, I really believe this. It is not just a
  slogan."

Israeli Embassys Economic and Trade Affairs
Division in Cairo
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• Examples

President Mikhail Saakashvili
Caucasus Business School Tbilisi, Republic of
Georgia Others in Azerbaijan and Poland

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• Examples

THE RONALD H. BROWN INSTITUTE FOR SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
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Possible Directions for Future Work

• Developing Intellectual Capital Establishing
  thought leadership
• Supporting Collaboration Building relationships
  with others with shared interests
• Building Communications Initiating and
  encouraging interaction through events and
  dialogue opportunities
• Promoting Curricular Change Supporting
  introduction of concepts and practices in
  b-school courses
• Engaging the Private Sector Understanding,
  studying, and supporting initiatives by private
  organizations

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• What should the role of business educators be in
  addressing these challenges?

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Thank you.Now wed like to hear your ideasand
have your help!