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APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS-POSTING -- Dear Colleagues, Greener Management International Issue 24, is a special theme issue Business-NGO Relations and Sustainable Development edited by Jem Bendell (University of Bristol, UK) The number, diversity, and increasing notoriety of relations between businesses and NGOs is the result of global processes: the global market, declining regulatory power of the nation state and the increase in global communications. There are financial reasons, both short- and long-term, why businesses should seek partnership with NGOs. In this new world, the relations between business and NGOs are conceptualised in terms of the regulation of business by civil society. In this specially extended issue of 'Greener Management International', writers from NGOs, businesses, consultancy and academia consider the problems associated with partnerships between businesses and NGOs and how such relationships can be made to work in practice. Table of Contents * Introduction Jem Bendell (University of Bristol, UK) * The New Gemeinschaft: Individual Initiative and Corporate-NGO-University Partnerships Elizabeth T. Kennedy, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. and Professor, Diana M. Burton, Texas A&M University, USA; Abbe L. Reis and James D. Nations, Conservation International, USA; Ray Cesca, McDonalds; and Manuel Ramirez, Conservation International, Costa Rica. * Partners for Sustainability John Elkington and Shelly Fennell SustainAbility Ltd, UK. Abstract * Culture Clash and Mediation: Exploring the Cultural Dynamics of Business-NGO Collaboration Andrew Crane, Cardiff University, UK. * Learning from the Marine Stewardship Council: A Business-NGO Partnership for Sustainable Marine Fisheries Penny Fowler and Simon Heap, INTRAC (The International NGO Training and Research Centre), UK. * The Art of Collaboration: Lessons from Emerging Environmental Business-NGO Partnerships in Asia Christopher Plante, The Asia Foundation, USA and Jem Bendell, University of Bristol, UK. * Changing the Rules: Business-NGO Partnerships and Structuration Theory Uwe Schneidewind and Holger Petersen, University of Oldenburg, Germany. * Web Wars: NGOs, Companies and Governments in an Internet-Connected World. John Bray, Control Risks Group, UK. A limited number of individual copies of this special issue is available for purchase at the price of £25.00/$45.00. Postage is gratis. To order, please contact Samantha Self Greenleaf Publishing Ltd, Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG UK Tel: +44 114 2823475 Fax: +44 114 2823476 http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com Abstracts of all articles included are available on request as a PDF document. The articles contained in this issue will be discussed by an internet discussion group on business-NGO relations and responsible enterprise. If you want to contribute to feedback on the articles, visit this website: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/business-ngo-relations %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%