The Practices of Global Ethics takes a unique look at global ethics: not
as mere written statements but as a set of practices undertaken by
thousands of organisations and hundreds of thousands of people to shape
the normative trajectory of human affairs. It looks at statements of
global ethical principles including The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the Earth Charter and the Rio Documents and positions them as
the outcomes and expression of ongoing practices. Offering innovative,
critical and thoughtful analyses of ethical practices since World War
II, the book examines efforts to promote human rights; foster ecological
responsibility; end genocide; reduce global poverty; encourage
responsible and sustainable international business practices; cultivate
understanding and collaboration amongst the world's religions among
other worldwide endeavours.