"The Role of the Lawyer in Implementing the Ruggie Principles: 8 Good Practices For Corporate Lawyers", Mar 2019

The Role of the Lawyer in Implementing the Ruggie Principles: 8 Good Practices For Corporate Lawyers focuses on the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights so that corporate lawyers gain a complete understanding of the Ruggie Principles and what they require for their clients and also with respect to their own conduct...

The role for business lawyers is changing and evolving towards a new professional paradigm. It is a new age for the conception of legal assistance and legal consulting activities in the XXI century: a new concept for legal services and clients representation, that integrates well-known criteria as "due diligence interpreted from a different perspective"...

PROLOGUE

Chapter 1: THE RUGGIE PRINCIPLES AND THE NEW UNITED NATIONS REFERENCE FRAMEWORK

Chapter 2: IDENTIFYING THE SUBJECTS OF OBLIGATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Chapter 3: NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Chapter 4: SUSTAINABILITY OF THE LEGAL BUSINESS, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Chapter 5: RESPECT FOR PROFESSIONAL CODES OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS

Chapter 6: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPACT OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON THE DUAL ROLE OF THE LAWYER: ACTING LOYALLY AND DILIGENTLY, AS AN AGENT OF THE RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE

Chapter 7: GOOD PRACTICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RUGGIE PRINCIPLES WHEN PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE TO BUSINESSES...