Incorporating rights : strategies to advance corporate accountability / Erika George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, Erika, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law and human rights.

Corporate governance--Law and legislation.

Corporate governance.

Social responsibility of business--Law and legislation.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This text explores how capital and consumer markets could provide an additional or alternative form of enforcement to promote responsible business conduct. By examining existing and emerging strategies to better align business policies and practices with respect for human rights, it explains the power activists, investors, and consumers possess to impact corporate human rights communications and conduct.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-066673-0

0-19-936638-1

0-19-936637-3

OCLC:

1262371377