Changing sustainability norms through communication processes : the emergence of the business and human rights regime as transnational law / Karin Buhmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buhmann, Karin, author.

Series:

Corporations, globalisation, and the law.

Corporations, Globalisation and the Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This book traces the development of the Business & Human Rights (BHR) regime that has so far culminated with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It first surveys the argumentation and negotiation strategies that led to agreement on key elements of the BHR regime despite a range conflicting interests across stakeholders from public, private and not-for-profit organisations. It then maps out pro-active regulatory strategies and public-private regulation for promoting responsible business conduct, offering insights for civil society, public regulators, business managers, academics and others. The book will assist engaged parties in structuring their arguments within negotiation processes with a view to enhancing their influence on change in business organisations in support of sustainability and new norms of conduct.

Contents:

Part I. Setting the stage. 1. Introduction

2. The context: the CSR discourse and its relation to law, human rights and social sustainability

3. Argumentative strategies, discourse and system-specific rationality

Part II. Discursive construction of business responsibilities for CSR. 4. Two steps forward, one back

more than once: developing normative guidance for business on human rights in a CSR context

5. From incremental steps to emerging regime

Part III. Arguing for change. 6. Argumentative strategies

7. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

1-78643-165-3

OCLC:

1016950899