(Ebook) Human rights, corporate complicity and disinvestment by Gro Nystuen; Andreas Føllesdal; Ola Mestad ISBN 9781107012851, 1107012856

(Ebook) Human rights, corporate complicity and disinvestment by Gro Nystuen; Andreas Føllesdal; Ola Mestad ISBN 9781107012851, 1107012856

How can businesses and their shareholders avoid moral and legal complicity in human rights violations? This central and contemporary issue in the field of ethics, politics and law is of concern to intergovernmental organizations such as the UN and to many NGOs, as well as investors and employees. In this volume legal scholars and political philosophers identify and address the intertwined issues of moral and legal complicity in human rights violations by companies and those who invest in them. By describing the legal aspects of human rights violations in the corporate sphere, addressing the complicity of companies with regard to such norms and exploring the influence of investors, the book provides a thorough introduction to corporate social responsibility. Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment will set the research agenda on socially responsible investment for years to come
''How can businesses and their shareholders avoid moral and legal complicity in human rights violations? This central and contemporary issue in the field of ethics, politics and law is of concern to intergovernmental organizations such as the UN and to many NGOs, as well as investors and employees. In this volume legal scholars and political philosophers identify and address the intertwined issues of moral and legal complicity in human rights violations by companies and those who invest in them. By describing the legal aspects of human rights violations in the corporate sphere, addressing the complicity of companies with regard to such norms and exploring the influence of investors, the book provides a thorough introduction to corporate social responsibility. Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment will set the research agenda on socially responsible investment for years to come''--  Read more... Disinvestment on the basis of corporate contribution to human rights violations : the case of the Norwegian Government Pension / Fund Gro Nystuen -- Laws, standards, or voluntary guidelines / Simon Chesterman -- Responsibility beyond the law? / Christopher Kutz -- Attribution of responsibility of listed companies / Ola Mestad -- Responsibility for human rights violations, acts or omissions, within the 'sphere of influence' of companies / Urs Gasser -- Human rights investment filters : a defense / Andreas Follesdal -- Moral responsibilities of shareholders : a conceptual map / Helene Ingierd and Henrik Syse -- Sovereign-wealth funds and (un)ethical investment : using 'due diligence' to avoid contributing to human rights violations committed by companies in the investment portfolio / Bruno Demeyere -- Corporations and criminal complicity / Andrew Clapham