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"Despite the continuous addition of regulatory initiatives concerning corporate human rights responsibilities, what we witness more often than not is a situation of corporate impunity for human rights abuses. The Bhopal gas leak - examined as a site of human rights violations rather than as a mass tort or an environmental tragedy - illustrates that the regulatory challenges that the victims experienced in 1984 have not been overcome so far. This book grapples with and offers solutions to three major regulatory challenges to obligating companies to comply with human rights norms whilst doing business, and asks; why companies should adhere to human rights, what these responsibilities are, and how to ensure that companies comply with their responsibilities. Building on literature in the fields of law, human rights, business ethics, management, regulation and philosophy, this book proposes a new 'integrated theory of regulation' to overcome inadequacies of the existing regulatory framework that seeks to humanize business"--
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As multinational corporations have become truly globalised, demands for global standards on their behaviour are increasingly difficult to dismiss. Work conditions in sweatshops, widespread destruction of the environment, and pharmaceutical trials in third world countries are only the tip of the iceberg. This timely collection of essays addresses the interface between the calls for corporate social responsibility and the demands for an extension of international human rights standards.
Human rights --- Business policy --- MVO (maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen) --- mensenrechten --- Corporate governance --- Human rights and globalization. --- Human rights. --- Social responsibility of business. --- Law and legislation. --- Economic aspects. --- Corporate governance -- Law and legislation. --- Social responsibility of business --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law, General & Comparative --- Law and legislation --- Corporate governance. --- Business ethics.
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Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world, and they are often not held to account. Emblematic cases and situations such as the state of the Niger Delta and the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory are examples of corporate human rights abuses which are not adequately prevented and remedied. Business and human rights as a field seeks to enhance the accountability of business – companies and businesspeople – in the human rights area, or, to phrase it differently, to bridge the accountability gap. Bridging the accountability gap is to be understood as both setting standards and holding corporations and businesspeople to account if violations occur.Adopting a legal perspective, this book presents the ways in which this dual undertaking has been and could be further carried out in the future, and evaluates the extent to which the various initiatives in the field bridge the corporate accountability gap. It looks at the historical background of the field of business and human rights, and examines salient periods, events and cases. The book then goes on to explore the relevance of international human rights law and international criminal law for global business. International soft law and policy initiatives which have blossomed in recent years are evaluated along with private modes of regulation. The book also examines how domestic law, especially the domestic law of multinational companies’ home countries, can be used to prevent and redress corporate related human rights violations.
Human rights --- MVO (maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen) --- International law --- mensenrechten --- Corporate governance --- Human Rights --- Social responsibility of business --- International business enterprises --- Law and legislation --- Economic aspects --- Human rights. --- Social responsibility of business. --- Law and legislation. --- Economic aspects. --- Corporate governance - Law and legislation --- Human rights - Economic aspects --- International business enterprises - Law and legislation
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"Until recently, human rights and business were perceived as two separate domains. Human rights, traditionally understood as a shield and protection for human beings against the abuse of governmental power and discretion were seen as of little direct implication for business. As a consequence, private actors like corporations were not systematically on the radar of human rights scholars. Vice versa, those concerned with corporations and corporate responsibility, both in practice and in theory, hardly adopted a human rights perspective. Human rights, for them, were a part of the larger legal, regulatory and policy frame within which corporate practices are taking place, but they were not themselves a part of corporate responsibility engagements. Hence, bringing business and human rights together has neither been intuitive for human rights scholars nor for corporate responsibility researchers"
Social responsibility of business --- Corporate governance --- Human rights --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Governance, Corporate --- Industrial management --- Directors of corporations --- Business --- Corporate accountability --- Corporate responsibility --- Corporate social responsibility --- Corporations --- CSR (Corporate social responsibility) --- Industries --- Social responsibility, Corporate --- Social responsibility of industry --- Business ethics --- Issues management --- Law and legislation --- Social responsibility --- Social aspects --- #SBIB:340H88 --- #SBIB:33H072 --- #SBIB:327.7H43 --- Internationaal recht: rechten van de mens --- Wereldmarkten --- Specifieke internationale organisaties en samenwerking: economie --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- MVO (maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen) --- Social responsibility of business. --- Corporate governance. --- Human rights. --- Entreprises --- Gouvernement d'entreprise --- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) --- Economic rights --- Droits économiques et sociaux --- Responsabilité sociale
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"Don't be misled by the word social in the title.This is a book about how to improve corporate performance and gain competitive advantage.In Corporate Social Opportunity! Grayson and Hodges challenge perceived wisdom that adherence by business to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a zero-sum game where the impact on companies is added costs and extra regulatory burden. From their unique vantage point working with leaders of global businesses and of local communities, the authors explain how powerful drivers forcing companies to adopt stringent social, ethical and environmental standards simultaneously create largely untapped opportunities for product innovation, market development and non-traditional business models.The key to exploiting these opportunities lies in building CSR into business strategy, not adding it on to business operations. With examples from 200 companies to illustrate their case, they outline both in theory and practice a seven-step process managers can apply to assess the implications of CSR on their business strategy and identify their own corporate social opportunities. Business is operating in a whirlwind of interacting global forces: revolutionary developments in communications and technology, significant changes in markets, shifts in demographics, and a transformation of personal values. The fallout from these forces is the underlying reason that corporate social responsibility has come of age. These global forces have led to a number of issues-such as ecology and environment, human rights and diversity, health and well-being, and communities-becoming potential liabilities for companies. Once regarded as 'soft' management issues, they are now increasingly recognised as hard to predict and hard for the business to deal with when they go wrong. Corporate Social Opportunity!, by the authors of the best-selling Everybody's Business moves the argument from the "why" of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the "how" and beyond--to a future where CSR is perceived as an opportunity for business both in terms of reaping the benefits of retaining brand or organisational value and by developing new products and services, serving new markets and adopting new business models. This is not always a story of black and white, of what is right or what is wrong. Often it embraces apparently conflicting demands which require the application of judgement, guided by a clear sense of overall direction and corporate purpose. This book is designed to act as a compass for aiding navigation through such dilemmas and complex decisions.Using examples of current good practice, detailed interviews with leading CEOs and newly created diagnostic planning tools, all framed within a seven-step model for making CSR happen, the book aims to provide a practical guide to help business leaders and their managers understand how to assess the impact of corporate social responsibility factors on their core business strategy and operations and help them identify and prioritise between subsequent options and resulting business opportunities.The book is structured into two parts. Both parts describe the same seven-step model which, if followed, will help managers think through desired changes to business strategies, and necessary corresponding changes to operational practices. In Part 1, the seven steps-triggers; scoping; making the business case; committing to action; resources and integrating operations; engaging stakeholders; and measuring and reporting-are described and illustrative evidence and corresponding data provided. In Part 2, the authors have created a worked example of the diagnostic processes that form the backbone of the seven steps, based on the health and well-being issue of fast food and the growing problem of obesity, particularly among children, along with notes on how a manager might work through the processes with colleagues.The authors are pro-business although not business-as-usual. The book is written first and foremost with the purpose of helping to improve business performance, because business is after all the principal motor for growth and development in the world today. The authors argue that companies adhering to best practice in CSR and taking advantage of possibilities inherent in Corporate Social Opportunity! are good for shareholders as well as customers and employees."--Provided by publisher.
International economic relations --- Business policy --- MVO (maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen) --- Corporate governance. --- Organizational change. --- Social responsibility of business. --- Sustainable development. --- Social responsibility of business --- Strategic planning --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Management Styles & Communication --- Strategic planning. --- Goal setting (Strategic planning) --- Planning, Strategic --- Strategic intent (Strategic planning) --- Strategic management --- Business --- Corporate accountability --- Corporate responsibility --- Corporate social responsibility --- Corporations --- CSR (Corporate social responsibility) --- Industries --- Social responsibility, Corporate --- Social responsibility of industry --- Social responsibility --- Planning --- Business planning --- Business ethics --- Issues management --- Social aspects
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"Business in a globalised world is no longer only about profit. Companies that operate globally are increasingly being called to account over their social responsibilities to the workforce, local communities and the environment. Companies that take these responsibilities seriously are faced with a plethora of problems and dilemmas. For example, how can companies navigate the sea of tension between observing international rules of conduct and responding to specific local cultural circumstances? How can they ensure social responsibility in the product chain(s) in which they operate? And how can they best contribute to the local economy of developing countries? This book helps companies with good intentions but little experience to find answers to these questions and many others. The book offers concrete guidelines, step-by-step plans and practical examples based on the experiences of 20 diverse, large, medium and small companies that participated in the three-year Dutch programme "Corporate Social Responsibility in an International Context" organised by CSR Netherlands. Corporate Social Responsibility and Globalisation constitutes a guidebook and action plan to enable companies of all sizes to manage risk and seek out opportunities for engagement in their overseas operations."--Provided by publisher.
International economic relations --- Business policy --- MVO (maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen) --- Business ethics. --- Corporate governance. --- Social responsibility of business. --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Management Styles & Communication --- Business --- Businesspeople --- Commercial ethics --- Corporate ethics --- Corporation ethics --- Corporate accountability --- Corporate responsibility --- Corporate social responsibility --- Corporations --- CSR (Corporate social responsibility) --- Industries --- Social responsibility, Corporate --- Social responsibility of industry --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Professional ethics --- Social responsibility --- Wealth --- Business ethics --- Issues management --- Social aspects
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