ABSTRACT

The point here is not to demonize the market or corporations. The point is to recognize that, both conceptually and politically, there has been a failure at the international level. At this point in time, we have not forged a moral consensus that corporations and nations have fundamental responsibilities to the larger global community, to future generations, and to the other species with whom we share the earth. If this consensus existed, then the international institutions and rules to implement this consensus would be in place. If this consensus existed, then the debate could move beyond the safe rhetoric of sustainability to a frank assessment of international reforms.