co-authored with P. Werhane, D. Moberg, S. Kelley, published in The Melbourne Review, v. 4, no. 2 (Nov. 2008), p. 37.

While others have previously envisioned a role for multinational enterprises (MNEs) in alleviating global poverty, these schemes lack the catalysts of moral imagination and systems thinking necessary to modify MNE mental models toward sustainable solutions that also create broad-based stakeholder value. This analysis outlines the parameters of the challenge, explains the elements of “profitable partnerships,” illustrates it via an example and distinguishes it from alternative approaches.