Responsibility for human rights : transnational corporations in imperfect states / David Jason Karp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karp, David Jason, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 130.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 130

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

International business enterprises--Law and legislation.

International business enterprises.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Responsibility for Human Rights provides an original theoretical analysis of which global actors are responsible for human rights, and why. It does this through an evaluation of the different reasons according to which such responsibilities might be assigned: legalism, universalism, capacity and publicness. The book marshals various arguments that speak in favour of and against assigning 'responsibility for human rights' to any state or non-state actor. At the same time, it remains grounded in an incisive interpretation of the world we actually live in today, including: the relationship between sovereignty and human rights, recent events in 'business and human rights' practice, and key empirical examples of human rights violations by companies. David Karp argues that relevantly public actors have specific human rights responsibility. However, states can be less public, and non-state actors can be more public, than might seem apparent at first glance.

Contents:

Transnational corporations and human rights in practice, policy and international law

Legitimate authority, human rights and transnational actors

Are human rights responsibilities universal? : a conceptual framework of responsibility for human rights

The capacity approach : a construction and critique

The publicness approach to responsibility for human rights

Conclusions : non-state actors and human rights practice.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-90486-8

1-139-91458-8

1-139-89892-2

1-139-90290-3

1-139-79541-4

1-139-91065-5

1-139-92239-4

1-139-91850-8

1-139-90679-8