Sökning: "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 37 uppsatser innehållade orden Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

1. 1. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Isabelle Kämpe; [2023]
   Nyckelord :UK Modern Slavery Act; MSA; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGP; modern slavery; human rights due diligence; HRDD; supply chain; transparency; postcolonialism; neo-colonialism; dependency theory;

   Sammanfattning : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. LÄS MER

3. 2. Svenska företags implementering av regeringens Handlingsplan för företagande och mänskliga rättigheter. : En jämförande studie av två svenska företag och deras hållbarhetsrapporter

   Kandidat-uppsats, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Författare :Fredrika Olbers; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Företagande och mänskliga rättigheter; UNGP; Sveriges regering; handlingsplan; jämförande studie; implementering; CSR.;

   Sammanfattning : This essay examines the implementation of the Swedish government's Action Plan on Business and Human Rights by two Swedish companies. The study is conducted using a qualitative method in combination with a comparative approach. LÄS MER

4. 3. Tradition vs. Human Rights? Analyzing Racialized Branding from a Business and Human Rights Perspective

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Författare :Anna Elisabeth Schädle; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Racism; brand logos; racialized branding; Business and Human Rights; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; corporate responsibility; Austria; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Systemic racism is a prevalent and longstanding problem in society that gained widespread public interest through the Black Lives Matter movement. Following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, the movement expanded to Austria and brought heightened attention to the racialized branding of an Austrian brewery. LÄS MER

5. 4. Human Rights Washing? : The process of rationalising human rights in corporations

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Sofia Zetterlund; Nora Bergström Gombrii; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Business and human rights; rationalisation; consulting; legitimacy; UN guiding principles on business and human rights;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to investigate the process of consulting businesses on human rights through the concept of rationalisation. Corporations have struggled to act in accordance with what is considered responsible business conduct and this has put their legitimacy at risk. LÄS MER

7. 5. Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: A study on sources of international business and human rights law, and stakeholder engagement in the context of the EU’s sustainability due diligence directive

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Författare :Aram Shokor Qasim; [2023]
   Nyckelord :public international law; law; soft law; hard law; CSDDD; sustainability; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : The European Council’s proposal for a corporate sustainability due diligence directive (the “Proposal”) aims to introduce obligations and respon-sibilities for some companies (“Company/Companies”) related to sustainability matters. Part of the reasons for the Proposal was the emergence of global value chains, which are prone to contain human rights violations. LÄS MER