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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781298403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22297-6

1-84813-865-2

1-283-01139-5

9786613011398

1-84813-864-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 pages)

Disciplina

658.4/08

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business

Corporate governance

Business ethics

Human rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Open University."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.