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21 Dez 2012

Autor:
John F. Sherman, In-House Defense Quarterly [USA]

[PDF] The UN Guiding Principles: Practical Implications for Business Lawyers

Lawyers who advise companies must become familiar with the UN Guiding Principles to help their corporate clients achieve their business goals without adversely infringing on human rights…the corporate responsibility to respect human rights establishes a globally authoritative process standard on how companies should manage their business with respect for human rights, and the responsibility requires companies to know and to show that they are doing so…[C]orporate lawyers have a critical and essential role to play in helping their clients to respect human rights to comply with fundamental and legally consequential principles of corporate governance and risk management, as well as with their own professional legal responsibilities.