The private sector…has a role in contributing – both directly and indirectly – to the prevention and resolution of violent conflict…The purpose of this report is to review these issues and linkages and to provide a framework for understanding both the positive and negative roles that business can play in situations of conflict…[P]ractical examples illustrate how companies can contribute to conflict prevention, crisis management, and post conflict reconstruction and reconciliation…[T]welve dilemmas or management challenges covered in the report are… - Dealing with repressive regimes - Benefiting from ‘war economies’ - Developing a nation’s strategic assets - Managing security arrangements - Facilitating or facing criminal activities - Tackling corruption - Supporting humanitarian relief operations - Engaging in diplomacy and peacemaking - Rebuilding trust - Creating cross-sector dialogue and partnership - Ensuring accountability - Limiting the means to wage war [refers to AGRIMO company, Azteca Trading Co, Benetton, British Telecommunications, British Petroleum, Chevron, De Beers, Enron, Inmarsat, Lonrho, Microsoft, Moshe & Ali’s Sprat’s, Premier Oil, Rio Tinto, Shell, Statoil, Talisman Energy, Unocal, WAFA, WMC]