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Abbott, J. 2001. 'Democracy@internet.asia? The challenges to the emancipatory potential of the net: lessons from China and Malaysia'. Third World Quarterly, 22(1): 99-114.
This article looks at the impact of the internet on the political economy of Asia.

Deibert, R. 2002. 'Dark Guests and Great Firewalls: The Internet and Chinese Security Policy'. Journal of Social Issues, 58(1): 143.
Looks at the debate of whether the Internet is immune to regulation and thus contributing to the demise of the state or whether the technology is being used to facilitate surveillance by governments and companies. The authors use the example of China to highlight this debate.

Eberhard-Harribey, L. 2006. 'Corporate Social Responsibility as a New Paradigm in the European Policy: How CSR Comes to Legitimate the European Regulation Process'. Corporate Governance, 6(4): 358.
'The purpose of this article is to question the emergence of CSR as a paradigm of the European referential in terms of public policy.'

Maynard, M. 2001. 'Policing Transnational Commerce: Global Awareness in the Margins of Morality'. Journal of Business Ethics, 30(1): 17-27.
This article suggests that there are four types of policing of transnationals: themselves, other corporations, governmental agencies and public exposure. The last of these is found to be the most effective.

Miles, L. 2006. 'The Application of Anglo-American Corporate Practices in Societies Influenced by Confucian Values'. Business and Society Review, 111(3): 305.
This article looks at the changes that would have to be made if anglo-american business practices were to be incorporated into Confucian societies as Western values and practices are often in conflict.

Monbiot, G. 2000. Captive State. The corporate takeover of Britain, London: Pan.
A committed and well argued account of the spread of corporate power and the extent to which the foundations of democratic government are threatened by corporate expansion and globalization.

Scherer, A., Palazzo, G. and Baumann, D. 2006. 'Global Rules and Private Actors: Toward a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance'. Business Ethics Quarterly, 16(4): 505.
This paper looks at the role transnational corporations should have in contributing towards global governance and debates whether this role should include such things as guaranteeing individual citizenship rights, or whether they should focus on profit.

Schrag, B. n.d. Commentary on Crossing Cultural Barriers: Informed Consent in Developing Countries. Online Ethics Centre, www.onlineethics.org/reseth/appe/vol5/culturalc1.html

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