January 2008, International Business Leaders Forum
A report published by IBLF, the World Economic Forum, Business for Social Responsibility, AccountAbility and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
The rationale for business to engage in efforts to strengthen public governance is strong. Governance frameworks that enable sustained economic growth are far more likely to be developed if businesses collectively engage and capture the opportunities to align governance structures with their goals for advancing sustainable business practices.
Demonstrating how weaknesses and shortcomings in public governance hinder business activity and sustainable economic growth, and providing examples of how businesses in partnership with governments and other stakeholders are helping to improve public governance, Partnering to Strengthen Public Governance: The Leadership Challenge for CEOs and Boards offers CEOs and boards of directors some guidance on the development of an effective engagement strategy on relevant public governance challenges.
Fourteen global CEOs and chairmen, representing a range of industries and regions have signed a leadership statement calling on businesses to engage in public-private partnerships to strengthen public policies and institutional capacity at the national, regional and global levels.
