 Pursuit of peace by business leaders: Frontiers of international relationsAnish Dave, Aditya Simha and Lazarina Topuzova Business Horizons, 2024, vol. 67, issue 6, 769-782 Abstract: Peacemaking and peacebuilding are two major peace initiatives in the business-for-peace literature. In this article, we examine case studies involving two American businessmen, Elon Musk and Armand Hammer, who attempted peacemaking and peacebuilding, respectively. We selected the two cases to see how their peace initiatives fared against the boundaries of international relations, specifically the concepts of international law—in Musk’s case—and international society—in Hammer’s case. Our analysis shows that both businessmen were constrained in their peace goals by the realities of international relations. We also argue that peace initiatives by businesspersons require transforming leadership with a moral imagination, although moral leadership often poses difficult choices. Finally, our analysis supports the observation that businesspeople may be more effective in peacebuilding efforts than peacemaking, which is much more complex. Keywords: Peacemaking; Peacebuilding; Track two diplomacy; Peace entrepreneurship; International relations; International law; Transforming leadership; Moral leadership (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:bushor:v:67:y:2024:i:6:p:769-782 DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.006 Access Statistics for this article Business Horizons is currently edited by C. M. Dalton More articles in Business Horizons from Elsevier |
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