A Human Rights Approach to Developing Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations

The criticism that voluntary codes of conduct are ineffective can be met by giving greater centrality to human rights in such codes. Provided the human rights obligations of multinational corporations are interpreted as moral obligations specifically tailored to the situation of multinational corpor...

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Main Author: Campbell, Tom (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
In: Business ethics quarterly
Year: 2006, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 255-269
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