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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788036103321

Autore

Wallace Denise

Titolo

Human rights and business : a policy-oriented perspective / / Denise Wallace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : BRILL, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-27987-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Collana

Studies in Intercultural Human Rights, , 1876-9861 ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

341.4/8

Soggetti

Human rights

International business enterprises - Moral and ethical aspects

Liability for human rights violations

Social responsibility of business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- The New Haven School and the Human Rights and Business Debate -- Delimitation of the Problem -- Identifying the Participants in the Human Rights and Business Debate -- Past Trends in Decision -- Projecting Future Trends -- Appraisal, Alternatives and Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the ever more urgent question as to whether individuals, indigenous peoples or other vulnerable groups should be entitled to remedies under international law for violations of their human rights by transnational corporations. Using the tools of policy-oriented jurisprudence, the author analyzes, in great historical and cross-cultural detail, the various claims involved, including the status of corporations and their purpose and growth beyond borders in the era of globalization; countervailing demands for respect and rights of individuals and groups; the changing role of the nation-state in international law; movements for corporate social responsibility and corporate accountability; trends in decision both domestically and internationally; as well as voluntary codes. Her appraisal of past decisions and suggestions leads her to conclude that only binding international legal remedies against transnational corporations can fully



address the legitimate claims of individuals or groups.