This book project was funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations University and Karl Popper Foundation. Foreword by the Executive Head of the Global Compact Office, United Nations, New York.

Includes index.

Part I: Introduction 1. Addressing side-effect harm in the business context : conceptual and practical challenges / Oddny Wiggen and Lene Bomann-Larsen -- Part II: 2. The idea of double effect - in war and business / Gregory Reichberg and Henrik Syse --3. Business is not just war : implications for applying the principle of double effect to business / G.J. (Deon) Rossouw -- 4. State responsibility, corporate responsibility, and complicity in human rights violations / Andrew Clapham -- 5. Reconstructing the principle of double effect : towards fixing the goalposts of corporate responsibility / Lene Bomann-Larsen -- 6. The principle of double effect, revised for the business context / Oddny Wiggen and Lene Bomann-Larsen -- Part III: Case-studies 7. The principle of double effect and moral risk : some case-studies of US transnational corporations / Patricia H. Wehane -- 8. An obejct lesson in balancing business and nature in Hong Kong : saving the birds of Long Valley / Robert E. Allinson -- 9. Shell in Ogoniland / Ogbonna Ike -- 10. Del Monte Kenya Limited / Florence J.A. Oloo -- 11. The "just war" for profit and power : the Bhopal catastrophe and the principle of double effect / Upendra Baxi -- 12. Dealing with harmful side-effects : opportunities and threats in the emerging Polish market / Julita Sokotowska -- 13. The Orissa case / Heidi von Weltzien Hoivik -- 14. Child labour in the Brazilian citrus sector : the case of Cargill's double effect / Cecilia Arruda -- 15. A commentary on the principle of double effect / Chris Marsden -- Part IV: Conclusion 16. Towards improved business practice ; implementing the principle of couble effect / Oddny Wiggen and Lene Bomann-Larsen