Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1874719810 ISBN 13 : 9781874719816

Editeur : Greenleaf Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

The end of the Cold War and the virtual disappearance of Communism have completely altered the world economy. The supply chains of supermarkets and consumer goods industries have spread ever more widely and deeply into Asia, Africa and South America, while oil, mining and financial companies, among many others, have invested heavily in countries that were previously denied to them by political or ideological barriers. While companies have seized the opportunities presented by globalisation, they have in many cases have been completely unprepared for the risks presented by their headlong rush into these new markets. Companies have found themselves and their business partners operating in countries where corruption, injustice, internal conflict and human rights violations are rife. An increasingly alert and critical world has acted as watchdog, highlighting corporate malpractice and the links between corporations and repressive regimes. It has increasingly been argued that companies have responsibilities for the protection and promotion of human rights. These arguments are, at least to some extent, accepted by companies. Yet, despite the increasing use of human rights language in pub

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr Rory Sullivan has been Director, Investor Responsibility with Insight Investment since October 2002. He is a member of the Amnesty International (UK) Business Group and, from 1998 to 2001, was the Convenor of the Amnesty International (Australia) Business Group. In these roles, he led much of Amnesty International’s work relating to trade and investment policy, and corporate accountability. Rory has worked in Australia, South-East Asia, Africa and Europe on projects relating to issues such as development strategy, community-right-to-know programmes, corporate environmental management and reporting, and auditing social and environmental performance. Most recently, he worked with the Natural Resources Cluster of the World Bank’s Business Partners for Development programme, where he was responsible for the evaluation of tri-sector partnerships for development (health, education, water) between governments, extractive companies and civil-society organisations. He was previously an adviser to Environment Australia and to the OECD on the development and implementation of pollution release and transfer registers. He is the author (with Hugh Wyndham) of Effective Environmental Management: Principles and Case Studies (Allen & Unwin, 2001) and the editor (with Michael Warner) of Putting Partnerships to Work (Greenleaf Publishing, 2004). He has written over one hundred articles, book chapters and papers on human rights, environmental policy and development issues. He is also co-editor of Responsible Investment (2006).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Greenleaf Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1874719810
• ISBN 13: 9781874719816
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Sullivan Rory
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible