Prof. Todd Landman, "Moral Externalities: Globalisation, Human Rights, and the Demand for Multinational Responsibility"
Duration: 1 hour 20 mins 43 secs
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Todd Landman, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution, University of Essex
ClockWednesday 17 October 2012, 17:00-18:30 HouseAlison Richards Building, 7 West Road (Sidgwick Site), Floor 3, Room: S3. http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/39490 |
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| Created: | 2012-10-18 01:15 |
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| Collection: | Cambridge International Studies Association (CISA) |
| Publisher: | CISA |
| Copyright: | Prof. Dr Todd Landman |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | human rights; corporate social responsibility; business; labor rights; morality; |
| Abstract: | There is an emerging global consensus on good business practice that includes attention to human rights and sustainability, which has found formal expression in the United Nations Global Compact and the Ruggie Principles. While the demand on business to uphold basic commitments to the protection of huamn rights and sustainability is not yet lgeally binding, there is an increasing moral pressure on business, which has been enhanced through an increading awareness and reporting of business practices around the world. Using the idea of economic externalities, this talk accepts the moral premise of this demand, but presents a business case for why companies ought to uphold these commitments and how good practice can have business benefits. The talk outlines the evolution of international business using the case of Apple, the ways in which business activity intersects with particular categories and dimensions of human rights, the obstacles to achieving best practice, and the way forward for a sustainable capitalism that is less transactional and more transformational. |
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