Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Theoretical perspectives -- A brief history of global capitalism -- Free markets and government regulation -- Cultural diversity and cultural relativism -- Law, ethics, and corporate social responsibility -- Doing business in a global environment : industry analyses and case studies -- Multinational corporations and internet freedoms : CISCO, Yahoo, and Google in China -- Patents, patients, and medicine : big pharma and developing countries -- Corporate environmental responsibility and the petroleum industry -- Political activism and disinvestment -- Responsible sourcing and offshoring -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Further reading -- Index.