The Role of Business in the Responsibility to Protect

The Role of Business in the Responsibility to Protect closes the gap between research on the Responsibility to Protect and the private sector, as previous research has focused only on state responsibilities and state actors. This book examines in detail the developing research on the significant role that private sector actors can play in promoting peace and stability. Contributors to this volume explore the key arguments for where, why, and how private sector actors can contribute to the prevention and cessation of mass atrocity crimes; and how this can inform and extend the UN policy discussion around Responsibility to Protect. The contributors include lead voices in the Responsibility to Protect discourse as well as central voices in business and peace literature.

John J. Forrer is Director of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility, Associate Research Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy, and Associate Faculty at George Washington University, Washington DC. He has researched, taught, and written on cross-sector collaborations and public-private partnerships for fifteen years, in particular emphasizing the role the private-sector can play in advancing public policy goals. Other research areas focus on business and peace, global governance and sustainable global supply chains. He has co-authored books on economic sanctions and cross-sector collaboration and published more than twenty book chapters and journal articles.

Conor Seyle is Deputy Director of Research and Development at the One Earth Future Foundation, an international research and operating foundation focused on supporting good global governance in the interest of peace. He is a political psychologist with research interests in international governance, deliberative democracy, and the long-term impact of violence and traumatic events. He is the author or co-author of more than twenty-six academic and NGO publications.