Business and human rights /
Business and human rights /
edited by Wesley Cragg, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada.
- xii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
"The chapters in this volume with two exceptions originated from a workshop organized by the Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN) held in April 2010"--Page viii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Business and human rights : a principle and value-based analysis / Corporate social responsibility : beyond the business case to human rights / The limits of corporate human rights obligations and the rights of for-profit corporations / Silence as complicity : elements of a corporate duty to speak out against the violation of human rights / The case for leverage-based corporate human rights responsibility / Human rights and international trade : normative underpinnings / Coordinating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility / Challenges to secure human rights through voluntary standards in the textile and clothing industry / Mining, human rights and the socially responsible investment industry : considering community opposition to shareholder resolutions and implications of collaboration / To ban or not to ban : direct-to-consumer advertising and human rights analysis / Business and human rights : reflections and observations / Wesley Cragg -- Tom Campbell -- John Douglas Bishop -- Florian Wettstein -- Stepan Wood -- Alistair M. Macleod -- Pitman B. Potter -- Brigitte Hamm -- Catherine Coumans -- Alex Wellington -- Charles Sampford.
Topics discussed include the debates leading to the creation of the ISO 26000 standard and the United Nations human rights framework for business entities, as well as the nature and limits of the human rights responsibilities of business, the roles and responsibilities of international trade bodies like the World Trade Organization in protecting human rights, and the implications of the current debate for international trade agreements and trade with China. The contributors also explore the effectiveness of voluntary human rights standards in the textile and clothing trade, mining, advertising and the pharmaceutical industries.
9781781005767 1781005761
2012941547
GBB267978 bnb
016122921 Uk
Social responsibility of business.
International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects.
Human rights.
Human rights.
International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Corporate Social Responsibility.
Menschenrecht.
Unternehmen.
Unternehmensethik.
Unternehmensethik
Corporate Social Responsibility
Menschenrecht
Menschenrechte
Unternehmensethik
Corporate Social Responsibility
Arbeitsbedingungen
Globalisierung
HD60. / B874 2012
"The chapters in this volume with two exceptions originated from a workshop organized by the Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN) held in April 2010"--Page viii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Business and human rights : a principle and value-based analysis / Corporate social responsibility : beyond the business case to human rights / The limits of corporate human rights obligations and the rights of for-profit corporations / Silence as complicity : elements of a corporate duty to speak out against the violation of human rights / The case for leverage-based corporate human rights responsibility / Human rights and international trade : normative underpinnings / Coordinating corporate governance and corporate social responsibility / Challenges to secure human rights through voluntary standards in the textile and clothing industry / Mining, human rights and the socially responsible investment industry : considering community opposition to shareholder resolutions and implications of collaboration / To ban or not to ban : direct-to-consumer advertising and human rights analysis / Business and human rights : reflections and observations / Wesley Cragg -- Tom Campbell -- John Douglas Bishop -- Florian Wettstein -- Stepan Wood -- Alistair M. Macleod -- Pitman B. Potter -- Brigitte Hamm -- Catherine Coumans -- Alex Wellington -- Charles Sampford.
Topics discussed include the debates leading to the creation of the ISO 26000 standard and the United Nations human rights framework for business entities, as well as the nature and limits of the human rights responsibilities of business, the roles and responsibilities of international trade bodies like the World Trade Organization in protecting human rights, and the implications of the current debate for international trade agreements and trade with China. The contributors also explore the effectiveness of voluntary human rights standards in the textile and clothing trade, mining, advertising and the pharmaceutical industries.
9781781005767 1781005761
2012941547
GBB267978 bnb
016122921 Uk
Social responsibility of business.
International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects.
Human rights.
Human rights.
International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Corporate Social Responsibility.
Menschenrecht.
Unternehmen.
Unternehmensethik.
Unternehmensethik
Corporate Social Responsibility
Menschenrecht
Menschenrechte
Unternehmensethik
Corporate Social Responsibility
Arbeitsbedingungen
Globalisierung
HD60. / B874 2012