The business of human rights : an evolving agenda for corporate responsibility

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

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 iceb...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Zed Books
Other Authors: Voiculescu, Aurora, Yanacopulos, Helen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Zed Books, ©2011.
Subjects:
Social responsibility of business.
Corporate governance.
Business ethics.
Human rights.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
Business and Management.
Business ethics
Corporate governance
Human rights
Social responsibility of business
Menschenrecht
Corporate Social Responsibility
Éthique des affaires.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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