Human Rights and Corporate Wrongs
Closing the Governance Gap
Business & Finance, Business Reference, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Simon Baughen | ISBN: | 9780857934765 |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing | Publication: | December 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Simon Baughen |
| ISBN: | 9780857934765 |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Publication: | December 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The effects of globalisation, together with the increase in foreign investment and resource development within the developing world, have created a context for human rights abuses by States in which transnational corporations are complicit. This timely book considers how these ‘governance gaps’, as identified by Professor John Ruggie, may be closed. Simon Baughen examines the status of corporations under international law, the civil liability of corporations for their participation in international crimes and self-regulation through voluntary codes of conduct, such as the 2011 UN Guiding Principles.
The effects of globalisation, together with the increase in foreign investment and resource development within the developing world, have created a context for human rights abuses by States in which transnational corporations are complicit. This timely book considers how these ‘governance gaps’, as identified by Professor John Ruggie, may be closed. Simon Baughen examines the status of corporations under international law, the civil liability of corporations for their participation in international crimes and self-regulation through voluntary codes of conduct, such as the 2011 UN Guiding Principles.
