Contents

I. SETTING THE FRAMEWORK.

1. The Powers of Government and Business.

II. GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF BUSINESS.

2. The Rationale for Regulation.
3. Government and the Consumer.
4. Protecting the Environment.
5. Achieving Equal Employment Opportunity.
6. Government and the Workplace.
7. Traditional Economic Regulation.
8. Economic Deregulation.
9. Terrorism and Business.
10. Reforming Government Regulation.

III. THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE.

11. Business, Government and Globalization.
12. Government and International Commerce.
13. Global Geopolitics of Energy.

IV. GOVERNMENT PROMOTION OF BUSINESS.

14. Government Credits and Bailouts.
15. Government as a Market.
16. Business and Tax Policy.

V. THE BUSINESS RESPONSE.

17. Business/Government Relations.
18. Issues Management.
19. Business Participation in Politics.

VI. THE FUTURE OF THE CORPORATION.

20. Challenges to Corporate Governance.
21. The Future of the Business Firm.