The capacity of a business to deal with the political and economic climate of a region or a nation depends on its financial strength. This ability to influence often remains undisclosed and is put to practice as and when required. The Enron project in India has been able to influence different state governments of Maharashtra, but the details of the negotiation have never been made public. The marketing, production, and labour departments of an industry often take care of the demands of the international customer and the industry, and they are often not viewed as components of corporate social responsibility. The growth of civil society organisations has led to increasing democratisation in marginalised and impoverished communities, creating local responses to the grand meta-narratives. Yet the nation-state needs to evolve a new role for itself in this fast-changing world. A stable nation providing good governance is thus a basic requirement for developing countries in their attempt to safeguard the rights and interests of their poor and marginalised.