The framework for business and human rights the UN Human Rights Council adopted unanimously is relatively new. But its underlying expectation—that companies undertake due diligence to ensure that their conduct does not undermine human rights, and in fact respects rights—is an old one...For a company of GE’s size and scale, the processes the company develops to identify and address risks is critical to delivering on its responsibility to respect human rights...[I]n going through the process of human rights impact assessments, new challenges and dilemmas are likely to be uncovered...GE’s products include component systems that support the functioning of defense equipment that can be used in weapon systems, and it is critical that the company has in place systems, protocols and processes to ensure that its products or services do not contribute to human rights violations... Likewise, there are human rights challenges and implications with regard to the collection of healthcare data...[D]ata can be misused, and there are implications for individual privacy if too much data is collected or shared without adequate safeguards.