Global Business and Human Rights
Article from: OGEL 1 (2006), in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Introduction
Both the Human Rights Watch's annual world report 2006[1] and the interim report of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises[2] are now out and these provide ample food for thought about global business and its relationship to human rights. Transnational business operations across the globe are a common phenomenon and are increasingly more so in the age of globalization. While such operations are considered to be blessings for economic growth and development in the host ...