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Abstract

Given the growth and maturity of the field of business and peace, the authors of this article call for the creation of an index that would present a scorecard of company behaviors. The authors call this the PACO index, which is an acronym for Peaceful Attributes of Companies and is the word for peace in Esperanto. The authors provide a set of principles and drivers that would be necessary for the creation of such an index.

4. Next steps

The good news is that significant data already exists to construct a meaningful index along the lines we have set out. To be sure, with a topic as multifaceted as peace, there will always be challenges verifying data and an ever-present need for additional and more refined information. But that simply suggests that a good index will continually grow and mature. The dimensions that remain to be done are the assembling of the various extant data and the proper weighting of this information, which can only be done by those who have deep knowledge of the literature on business and peace along with knowledge of the governmental and civil society work also conducted to date. We would not minimize the effort it would take to create the PACO Index–—even with available data–—but the initiative we explain in this article is within reach and is one whose time has come.