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Article

19 Dec 2003

Author:
Roger Cowe, Ethical Corporation

Business action on human rights

Chris Marsden, chair of Amnesty UK’s Business Group, insists that companies cannot simply throw up their hands. “Every company of any significance on an international scale should be asking ‘What are human rights and what can we have an impact on?’” [refers to BP, Statoil, Premier Oil, Unocal, Texaco, BAT, Liz Claiborne, Ericsson, Gap, Nike, Adidas, Novartis, PepsiCo]