RT Article
T1 The UN Framework on Business and Human Rights: A Workers’ Rights Critique
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 157
IS 3
SP 635
OP 652
A1 Venkatesan, Rashmi
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785669532
AB The “Protect, Respect, Remedy” Framework along with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is the current global standard regarding corporate conduct. This article analyses the UN Framework from the vantage point of labour rights in India by looking at the garment supply chain. It argues that it can do little to induce states and businesses to bring substantive improvements to working conditions in a largely informal economy like India. Without the state performing its duty to protect human rights, the secondary responsibility of corporations can do very little in realising the rights of workers. Nonetheless, its tallest contribution is that it has given a platform for civil society to push for better conduct from all businesses and marks the beginning of a unified international business and human rights agenda.
K1 India
K1 Garment sector
K1 supply chains
K1 labour rights
K1 UN Guiding Principles
DO 10.1007/s10551-017-3664-6