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Article

11 Sep 2007

Author:
John Morrison, Programme Director of the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (former Head of Global Campaigns and Community Affairs for The Body Shop International)

[DOC] Tribute to Anita Roddick

Anita Roddick...was perhaps the first CEO ever to put the words business and human rights into the same sentence. Many will pay respects to Anita and she will be with us in the business and human rights field for decades to come. It is perhaps fitting that as we come to think how to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights next year, we should also celebrate Anita. She was frustrated that so much in mainstream business was so slow to change, even for that matter her own company. She did not suffer fools gladly nor accept our excuses about priorities and the need to develop the business case for human rights methodically. Her impatience will also be greatly missed.