Business, Society and Global Governance

Anna Ya Ni is the Associate Dean and Professor of public administration at the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration at California State University, San Bernardino. She has published over 20 research articles in journals, such as Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, American Review of Public Administration, and International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. She serves on the Board of American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), Section of Science and Technology in Government (SSTIG), and the Inland Empire Chapter. Montgomery Van Wart is a Professor in the Department of Public Administration at California State University, San Bernardino. He served as Chair of his department and Dean of the College of Business and Public Administration. He has authored 11 books including Dynamics of Leadership, Leadership in Public Organizations, Administrative Leadership in the Public Sector (with Dicke), and Human Resource Management in Public Service (with Berman, Bowman, and West). He has over 100 publications and has been a distinguished visiting professor at KU Leuven, the University of Hong Kong, Rutgers, and the University of Ireland.

Preface

Introduction

PART I Introduction to Business–Government Relations

1 Comparing the Roles of Business and Government

2 Theories about Business–Government Relations in Society

3 Historical Development of Government’s Roles with Business

4 Economic Policies

PART II Business–Nonprofit–Government Relations in the Sociopolitical Arena

5 Protection of Consumer, Employee, and the Environment

6 Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing Well and Doing Good

7 Business’s Involvement in Government

8 The Third Sector—Nonprofit Organizations

PART III Business–Government Relations in Economic Development

9 Economic Development

10 Industrial Development

11 Public Entrepreneurs and Privatization

PART IV Business–Government–Nonprofit Relations in the Global Market

12 Globalization and Free Trade

13 Examples of and Challenges for Trade Regimes in the World

14 Business and Global Governance