Human Rights Corporate Complicity And Disinvestment

Download or read book Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment written by Gro Nystuen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can businesses and their shareholders avoid moral and legal complicity in human rights violations? This central and contemporary issue in the field of ethics, politics and law is of concern to intergovernmental organizations such as the UN and to many NGOs, as well as investors and employees. In this volume legal scholars and political philosophers identify and address the intertwined issues of moral and legal complicity in human rights violations by companies and those who invest in them. By describing the legal aspects of human rights violations in the corporate sphere, addressing the complicity of companies with regard to such norms and exploring the influence of investors, the book provides a thorough introduction to corporate social responsibility. Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment will set the research agenda on socially responsible investment for years to come.