Michael Hopkins is chair of the International Centre for Business Performance and Corporate Responsibility, Middlesex University Business School, visiting professor at Brunel University, and managing director of MCH International. His books include The Planetary Bargain: Corporate Social Responsibility matters (Earthscan, 2003/ Stylus, 2003) and Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development: Is Business the Solution? (Earthscan, 2006/ Stylus, 2007).

Recent articles

The British government's decision to halt an investigation of corporate bribery over an arms-sales deal with Saudi Arabia highlights the need for effective international regulation of business practices, explains Michael Hopkins.

The notion of sustainability has entered the development lexicon. Michael Hopkins asks why it took so long and how the idea has been transformed in its encounter with reality.

The British government's decision to halt an investigation of corporate bribery over an arms-sales deal with Saudi Arabia highlights the need for effective international regulation of business practices, explains Michael Hopkins.

The successive reform proposals designed to refocus the United Nations and sharpen its development efforts are being overtaken by the private sector's upgrade of its own work in this area, says Michael Hopkins.