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Purpose Peace Through CommerceŽ is an integrated outreach, education, and engagement program which illuminates the contribution that commerce, trade, and economic development make toward building sustainable peace. Through a collaborative, multi-sector alliance, this program catalyzes practical action to advance understanding, investment and systemic change toward Peace Through Commerce. Click here to view a Peace Through Commerce promotional video, produced for FLOW by Jim Tusty and Maureen Castle of Free to Choose Media. Join us for the
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Peace Through Commerce Alliance Click here to download an overview of the case for a Peace Through Commerce Alliance. Initial Collaborators The Institute for Corporate Responsibility The Institute for Corporate Responsibility was established at George Washington University in 2006 with a mission of fostering research, education, and outreach on the topic of corporate responsibility. ICR houses four overlapping program areas: Business, Integirty, & Peace, Environmental Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Global Stakeholder Strategies. ICR is designed to allow for in-depth, focused research in each of these program areas as well as to address what the leadership of ICR believes to be the central issue confronting corporations today. That issue is the integration of various strands of corporate responsibility in order for corporations to be effective institutions accountable for the impact of their actions on shareholders, employees, customers, and other interested parties. The Institute's Executive Director is Timothy L. Fort, the Lindner-Gambal Professor of Business Ethics. International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) The International Institute For Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) is a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives which contribute to international understanding and cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the preservation of heritage, and through these initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world. It is based on a vision of the world's largest industry, travel and tourism - becoming the world's first global peace industry; and the belief that every traveler is potentially an "Ambassador for Peace. A primary goal of IIPT is to mobilize the travel and tourism industry as a leading force for poverty reduction. FLOW Founded by John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, and educational entrepreneur Michael Strong, FLOW is a non-profit corporation dedicated to “liberating the entrepreneurial spirit for good,” and focusing it on the goals of sustainable peace, prosperity, and happiness for all, in our lifetime. FLOW advances its mission through three ongoing initiatives: Conscious Capitalism®, Peace Through Commerce®, and Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs™. |
Resources Following are links to articles, organizations, and other resources with information to deepen understanding of the power of economic freedom, prosperity, entrepreneurial initiative, and trade to advance peace. Please let us know if you are aware of other significant sources.
A Million Paths to Peace, by Michael Strong, CEO & Chief Visionary Officer, FLOW Waging Peace Through Commerce, by Michael Strong Economic Freedom and Peace by Erik Gatzke Prosperity Unbound, by Elena Panaritis Combating Terrorism: A Socio-Economic Strategy, by Major Miemie Winn Byrd, US Pacific Command Economics in Peacemaking: Lessons from Northern Ireland," by The Portland Foundation Paths Towerd Peace: A Sri Lankan Example by Mark Frazier, CEO, Openworld, Inc. Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report, published by the Fraser Institute The International Institute For Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) is a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives which contribute to international understanding and cooperation. The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development, and increase conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. Hernando De Soto's Institute for Liberty & Democracy AACSB International's Peace Through Commerce survey and conference Business Council for Peace supports women entrepreneurs in creating sustainable businesses. International Alert is an independent peacebuilding organisation working in over 20 countries and territories around the world.
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