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Report of the expert legal panel on corporate complicity in international crimes
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2008
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The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) established an Expert Legal Panel on Corporate Complicity in International Crimes in 2006. The panel was mandated to develop the legal and public policy m...
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Understanding the implications of the Global Compact Human Rights Principles for petrochemical investment activities in developing countries: a case study of Sasol
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J. Hanks
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2007
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This case study identifies some of the critical dilemmas that a large resources and petrochemicals company might face when it considers investing in countries where there may be human rights concer...
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India: Orissa, Kashipur: Utkal bauxite & alumina project: human rights and environmental impacts
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R. Gooldland
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2007
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This report reviews environmental and social aspects of plans by Utkal Alumina Industries Ltd to mine bauxite and refine alumina. The project is a joint venture between Canada’s Alcan and Hindalco. T...
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The politics of corporate social responsibility: reflections on the United Nations Human Rights Norms for Corporations
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D. Kinley; J. Nolan; N. Zeria
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2007
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This paper explores the politics behind the United Nation’s Draft Human Rights Norms for Corporations. These Norms seek to impose obligations on states to ensure that corporations within their jurisdi...
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State responsibilities to regulate and adjudicate corporate activities under the United Nations’ core human rights treaties
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J. Ruggie
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2007
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This report discusses the states’ obligations to regulate and adjudicate corporate activities under the United Nations’ core human rights treaties. The review summarises treaty-specific reports and ma...
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Getting smarter at auditing: tackling the growing crisis in ethical trade auditing
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2006
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This report documents the problems of current practices related to auditing for ethical trade. It reports on the key issues presented and discussed at the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) members’ mee...
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Business and human rights: the role of business in weak governance: business proposals for effective ways of addressing dilemma situations in weak governance zones
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2006
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This main objective of this paper is to identify effective ways for companies to deal with dilemma situations encountered in weak governance zones. The first part of the paper presents the range of is...
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Levelling the playing field: caste discrimination and the Ambedkar Principles
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2006
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This report summarises a workshop of the Dalit Solidarity Network UK (DSN-UK) with a focus on the role international business can play in eliminating caste discrimination. DSN-UK proposes a voluntary ...
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Examples of companies’ impacts on a range of human rights issues
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2005
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The table lists a range of human rights issues for business. For each issue, it provides an example of a positive company initiative and an example of an alleged abuse. he examples come from severa...
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Africa and the corporate citizenship agenda: a discussion paper for the Kenya Mirror Committee on ISO 26000
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S. O. Akoth
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Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,
2006
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This paper argues that the Corporate Citizenship discourse can benefit from the African context because of both the African economic system and African values and philosophies.In terms of the econo...
