Corporate Accountability

Author : Karin Lukas
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786431939
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Accountability written by Karin Lukas and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst many of us would agree that human rights are more important than corporate profits, the reality is often different; such realities as child labour and environmental destruction caused by corporate activities make this patently clear. Recognising that balancing human rights and business interests can be problematic, Corporate Accountability considers the limits of existing complaint mechanisms and examines non-judicial alternatives for conflict resolution.

Author : Sabine Michalowski
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317577493
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice written by Sabine Michalowski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice explores how corporations can be held accountable for their role in past human rights violations when a country is making a transition from conflict or repression to peace and democracy. It breaks new ground in theorizing the linkages between the areas of transitional justice and corporate accountability and analyzing problems frequently arising where the two fields meet in practice, for example where the role of corporations in past human rights violations is examined by truth and reconciliation commissions or in the course of litigation. The book provides an overview of the current trends in law and in legal and political discussion relating to both areas, as well as in-depth analysis of how tools of corporate accountability and transitional justice can complement each other in order to achieve the best outcomes for bringing justice to victims and lasting peace to societies. The authors bring extensive experience from diverse professional backgrounds and jurisdictions to provide the first sustained attempt to address this link. The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, policymakers and activists working in the areas of transitional justice; corporate accountability; and business and human rights.

Author : Jessica M. Smith
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262542161
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extracting Accountability written by Jessica M. Smith and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries attempt to reconcile competing domains of public accountability. The growing movement toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) urges corporations to promote the well-being of people and the planet rather than the sole pursuit of profit. In Extracting Accountability, Jessica Smith investigates how the public accountability of corporations emerges from the everyday practices of the engineers who work for them. Focusing on engineers who view social responsibility as central to their profession, she finds the corporate context of their work prompts them to attempt to reconcile competing domains of accountability—to formal guidelines, standards, and policies; to professional ideals; to the public; and to themselves. Their efforts are complicated by the distributed agency they experience as corporate actors: they are not always authors of their actions and frequently act through others. Drawing on extensive interviews, archival research, and fieldwork, Smith traces the ways that engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries accounted for their actions to multiple publics—from critics of their industry to their own friends and families. She shows how the social license to operate and an underlying pragmatism lead engineers to ask how resource production can be done responsibly rather than whether it should be done at all. She analyzes the liminality of engineering consultants, who experienced greater professional autonomy but often felt hamstrung when positioned as outsiders. Finally, she explores how critical participation in engineering education can nurture new accountabilities and chart more sustainable resource futures.

Author : Leigh A. Payne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108474136
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transitional Justice and Corporate Accountability from Below written by Leigh A. Payne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines when, where, why, and how corporate accountability for past human rights violations in armed conflicts and authoritarian regimes is possible.

Author : Jernej Letnar Černič
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780367586829
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Accountability Under Socio-economic Rights written by Jernej Letnar Černič and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how corporations could effectively respect and protect human rights without compromising their primary business objectives. The book analyses the theoretical foundations and the existing scope and nature of corporate accountability arising from economic and social rights at the international and national levels

Author : Simon Zadek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134178107
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Corporate Accountability written by Simon Zadek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of social and ethical accounting is emerging as a key tool for companies in the 1990s in response to calls for greater transparency and accountability to different stakeholders, and as a means for managing companies in increasingly complex situations where social and environmental issues are significant in securing business success. This is the first book to address the practice of social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting, and its implications for the development of corporate social, ethical and environmental responsibility. It includes ten case studies, as well as an historical overview of the development of social and ethical accounting and reporting. The editors introduce a methodological framework that allows emerging practice worldwide to be analysed, understood and improved; and the case studies are written by the practitioners, giving insight into the experiences described. This innovative book, written by internationally acknowledged leaders in the field, will be of enormous value to business managers, particularly those with responsibility for corporate affairs, human resources, environmental management, financial management, or planning. It will also be a useful text for business students.

Author : Laura García Martín
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000497259
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transitional Justice, Corporate Accountability and Socio-Economic Rights written by Laura García Martín and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the intersection of two emergent and vibrant fields of study in international human rights law: transitional justice and corporate accountability for human rights abuses. While both have received significant academic and political attention, the potential links between them remain largely unexplored. This book addresses the normative question of how international human rights law should deal with corporate accountability and violations of economic, social and cultural rights in transitional justice processes. Drawing on the Argentinian transitional justice process, the book outlines the theoretical and practical challenges of including corporate accountability in transitional justice processes through existing mechanisms. Offering specific insights about how to deal with those challenges, it argues that consideration of the role of all actors, and the whole spectrum of human rights violated, is crucial to properly address the root causes of violence and conflict as well as to contribute to a sustainable and positive peace. This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to students and scholars of transitional justice, human rights law, corporate law and international law.

Author : Erika George
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199941483
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incorporating Rights written by Erika George and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International law, corporate law, and governance gaps -- Global policy initiatives to regulate business responsibility and human rights -- Human rights conflicts and the creation of corporate responsibility collaborations -- Information and accountability : regulating the corporate social responsibility to respect human rights through ranking and reporting -- Competition, choice, and change : activist investors and concerned consumers as ethical enforcement agents -- From voluntary to obligatory : corporate reporting and codes of conduct to promote respect for human.

Author : Jill Solomon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Governance and Accountability written by Jill Solomon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent examples of massive corporate failures, such as Enron, have highlighted the need to reform corporate governance at an international level. The importance of effective corporate governance for corporate success, as well as for social welfare, cannot be overstated. Corporate Governance and Accountability has been written to provide readers with an up-to-date summary of both theory and practice in the area. Features: Provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues taking the broadest view of the corporate governance agenda. Draws on the extensive and original research carried out by the authors and demonstrates the close relationship between academic research and professional practice. Contains numerous contemporary illustrations and case studies, including a chapter dedicated to the collapse of Enron. Focuses on the relevance of corporate governance reform throughout the world. Highlights the importance of corporate social responsibility to companies and institutional investors from a corporate governance perspective. Includes an appendix containing the Combined Code on Corporate Governance issued by the Financial Reporting Council in July 2003. Corporate Governance and Accountability has been written as a core textbook for students taking undergraduate and MBA courses in corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. A website containing answers to end of chapter questions for lecturers can be found at www.wileyeurope.com/go/solomon

Author : Lara Jill Blecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627223911
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Impacts written by Lara Jill Blecher and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a highly respected panel of experts, this book examines the difficult and nuanced questions associated with corporate accountability from all sides. This book contributes unique and thoughtful perspectives, legally grounded and passionately contended, to the ongoing dialogue about the intersection of human rights and corporate responsibility. Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Impacts focuses mainly on developments in the United States and the United Kingdom, although examples of legal developments in corporate accountability for human rights in developing countries are discussed in many chapters. This book considers the question: how will lawyers and courts deal with the thorny issue of extraterritoriality in transnational litigation brought against companies for human rights abuses abroad?