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Article

11 Jul 2008

Author:
Romana King, Business Edge

Ex-child soldier urges business to be responsible

Last month, a coalition of socially responsible investors...responded to a report submitted to the UN by Prof. John Ruggie...on the "fundamental challenge" for business "to narrow and ultimately bridge the gaps in relation to human rights." These investors wrote: "We believe that significant and urgent work must be undertaken by companies to scrutinize their own operations to minimize the possibility of complicity in human-rights abuses..." [refers to Fidelity Investments]