Essays about: "Corporate responsibility to respect human rights"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the words Corporate responsibility to respect human rights.
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11. Embedding gender in the business and human rights agenda
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : All businesses have a responsibility to respect human rights, including women’s rights. Whilst the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights acknowledge the vulnerabilities of women in the global value chains, there is limited guidance on what measures corporations should take in order to avoid and address women specific harms. READ MORE
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12. Conflict, Resources and the Responsibility of Corporations : What responsibility do natural resources corporations that operate in conflict risk areas have to ensure that human rights are respected?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : The thesis aims at analyzing the responsibility corporations, which are extracting valuable minerals from conflict risk and conflict affected areas, have in terms of respecting human rights. The thesis analyzes corporate responsibility mostly from a moral but also a legal perspective. READ MORE
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13. A UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Bridging the Gap for Corporate Responsibility
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Since the 1970’s there has been several attempts within the UN at drafting a binding instrument on business and human rights. Up until today, none of the attempts at adopting binding standards have succeeded, with the only successful initiative being the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – a voluntary set of guiding principles meant to further the respect for human rights among both states and businesses. READ MORE
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14. The Role of Corporate Responsibility in Transitioning Countries. A Case Study on Workplace Inequality in Myanmar.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The present paper examines contributions of corporate responsibility to respect human rights —outlined in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights— to eradication of the problem of workplace discrimination in Myanmar, a developing country in Southeast Asia undergoing a transition from an authoritative military rule to a civil democratic government. Based on the analysis of the national regulatory framework, the international human rights instruments, the business, political and social environment in Myanmar, the human rights record and the evidence derived from an empirical study into workplace discrimination, the thesis examines whether the corporate responsibility to respect human rights may be an effective way to tackle workplace inequalities in the country, and whether it can contribute to the development in Myanmar. READ MORE
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15. Access to Medicines and Pharmaceutical Patents:Corporate Responsibility to Respect in the Pharmaceutical Industry
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is the final work of the meticulous mandate upheld by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General between 2005 and 2011. READ MORE
