Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment.

Nystuen, Gro.

Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (292 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index.

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

Examines companies' and investors' moral and legal complicity in human rights violations in the context of globalisation.


English.

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Social responsibility of business.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Globalization--Social aspects.
Entreprises--Responsabilité sociale.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Aspect économique.
Mondialisation--Aspect social.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Development--Sustainable Development.
Globalization--Social aspects.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Desinvestition
Menschenrechtsverletzung


Electronic books.
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