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The business of human rights : an evolving agenda for corporate responsibility / edited by Aurora Voiculescu and Helen Yanacopulos

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: London, England : Zed Books, ©2011Distributor: [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021Description: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 245 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781350222977
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781848138636. | 9781848138643. | 1848138644. | 9781848138650. | 1848138652. | 9786613011398. | 6613011398. | 9781848138629. | 1848138628. | 1848138636. | 9781848138636 | Erscheint auch als: Business of human rights. Druck-Ausgabe. London ; New York : Zed Books, ©2011DDC classification:
  • 658.4/08
LOC classification:
  • HD2741
DOI: DOI: 10.5040/9781350222977Online resources: Additional physical formats: Also published in print.Summary: Human rights in business contexts: an overview / Aurora Voiculescu and Helen Yanacopulos -- Human rights and the normative ordering of global capitalism management / Aurora Voiculescu -- Brands, corporate social responsibility and reputation management / Fiona Harris -- Transforming labour standards into labour rights / Piya Pangsapa and Mark J. Smith -- Violent corporate crime, corporate social responsibility and human rights / Gary Slapper -- Access to medicines: intellectual property rights, human rights and justice / Keren Bright and Lois Muraguri -- Foundations actors of change? / Helen Yanacopulos -- Combating transnational corporate corruption: enhancing human rights and good governance / John Hatchard -- Business in zones of conflict: an emergent corporate security responsibility? / Nicole Dietelhoff and Klaus Dieter Wolf -- Human rights, ethics and international business: the case of Nigeria / Olufemi Amao -- Clusters of injustice: human rights, labour standards and environmental sustainability / Mark J. Smith and Piya Pangsapa.Summary: 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 standardsOriginal version: Originalfassung: 2021PPN: PPN: 1761704125Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-162-BCC
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