I’m delighted to share a new series of articles on business and human rights, entitled, “Doing well by doing good: Human rights as a pillar of corporate social responsibility.” In Part 1 of the series, my coauthor Catherine Gilfedder and I offer guidance on how multinational corporations, drawing on international best practices, can pioneer socially responsible business models. We pay tribute to the late John Ruggie, the UN Special Representative on human rights and business enterprises, who passed away last month, and explore his legacy. The article discusses how corporations, following the frameworks Ruggie designed, can partake in human rights reporting, monitor their supply chains and implement human rights policies.
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| Photo by Eric Bridiers, U.S. Mission to the U.N. in Geneva, taken on December 4, 2012. |
Read the full article, published by The Oath: The Middle East Law Journal for Corporates, at https://theoath-me.com/doing-well-by-doing-good-part-1.
In Part 2 of the series, to be published next month, Catherine and I will explore how human rights compliance is increasingly evolving into a legal obligation rather than a voluntary undertaking. We will examine laws that have already been passed in the EU requiring multinational corporations to partake in human rights monitoring and compliance, and the potential future of this trend in the Middle East.
