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The Interpretation, Communication and Reporting of Human Rights
Louise Obara
A Research Agenda for Business and Human Rights., Pages: 153 - 168
Swansea University Author: Louise Obara
Abstract
Pressure on companies to show greater awareness, transparency, and accountability for their human rights impacts has resulted in a plethora of public statements and policies from businesses on a range of human rights issues. This chapter first explores the body of research that has analysed these bu...
| Published in: | A Research Agenda for Business and Human Rights. |
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| ISBN: | 978 1 80220 896 2 978 1 80220 897 9 |
| Published: |
Cheltenham, UK.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
2025
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| Online Access: |
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-research-agenda-for-business-and-human-rights-9781802208962.html |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64212 |
| Abstract: |
Pressure on companies to show greater awareness, transparency, and accountability for their human rights impacts has resulted in a plethora of public statements and policies from businesses on a range of human rights issues. This chapter first explores the body of research that has analysed these business disclosures, and summarises what they reveal about the understanding and recognition of human rights by companies. The chapter then turns its attention towards the limited, but insightful, research on how human rights are communicated and made sense of within companies, and asks to what extent internal processes reflect and/or shape what companies report externally. Throughout the chapter, recommendations for further research are provided and a number of important, unanswered questions are identified and discussed. |
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| Keywords: |
human rights, business, research agenda |
| College: |
School of Management |
| Start Page: |
153 |
| End Page: |
168 |