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The advantages of a proactive business response to human rights reporting

Hancock, Linda 2006, The advantages of a proactive business response to human rights reporting, Journal of corporate citizenship, no. 23, Autumn, pp. 21-24.

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Title The advantages of a proactive business response to human rights reporting
Author(s) Hancock, Linda
Journal name Journal of corporate citizenship
Issue number 23
Season Autumn
Start page 21
End page 24
Publisher Greenleaf Publishing
Place of publication Sheffield, England
Publication date 2006
ISSN 1470-5001
Summary In a globalizing world, with shifting production, labor and consumer markets and increased competitiveness, human rights are gaining new practical relevance. The UN Global Compact presented by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Forum at Davos in 1999, sought to create a voluntary international corporate citizenship network to bring together private-sector and other social actors. Its central aim is to advance responsible corporate citizenship and universal social and environmental principles to meet the challenges of globalization. The business (and ethical) case for corporate engagement in human rights reporting is strengthening, although much still needs to be done. The Danish Human Rights and Business Project launched its 2006 educational project on company codes of conduct aimed at developing models for business in the pharmaceutical, steel, agricultural, logging, lumber, paper and cardboard, and apparel and textile industries, assessing company codes against international human rights standards.
Notes Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner.
Language eng
Field of Research 160510 Public Policy
Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2006, Greenleaf Publishing
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003900

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of International and Political Studies
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