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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828582303321

Titolo

Human rights, corporate complicity and disinvestment / / edited by Gro Nystuen, Andreas Follesdal and Ola Mestad [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-15308-0

1-107-22237-0

1-283-34262-6

1-139-16066-4

9786613342621

1-139-16166-0

1-139-15961-5

1-139-15609-8

1-139-15785-X

1-139-00329-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

658.4/08

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business

Human rights - Economic aspects

Globalization - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Disinvestment on the basis of corporate contribution to human rights violations : the case of the Norwegian Government Pension / Fund Gro Nystuen -- Laws, standards, or voluntary guidelines / Simon Chesterman -- Responsibility beyond the law? / Christopher Kutz -- Attribution of responsibility of listed companies / Ola Mestad -- Responsibility for human rights violations, acts or omissions, within the 'sphere of influence' of companies / Urs Gasser -- Human rights investment filters : a defense / Andreas Follesdal -- Moral responsibilities of shareholders : a conceptual map / Helene Ingierd and Henrik Syse -- Sovereign-wealth funds and (un)ethical investment : using 'due diligence' to avoid contributing to human rights violations



committed by companies in the investment portfolio / Bruno Demeyere -- Corporations and criminal complicity / Andrew Clapham.

Sommario/riassunto

How can businesses and their shareholders avoid moral and legal complicity in human rights violations? This central and contemporary issue in the field of ethics, politics and law is of concern to intergovernmental organizations such as the UN and to many NGOs, as well as investors and employees. In this volume legal scholars and political philosophers identify and address the intertwined issues of moral and legal complicity in human rights violations by companies and those who invest in them. By describing the legal aspects of human rights violations in the corporate sphere, addressing the complicity of companies with regard to such norms and exploring the influence of investors, the book provides a thorough introduction to corporate social responsibility. Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment will set the research agenda on socially responsible investment for years to come.