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15 Jul 2015

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MBA Today News (USA)

NYU Stern incorporates human rights into business education

"The NYU Stern Center that incorporates human rights in business education", 15 July 2015

Since its beginning two years ago, the Center for Business and Human Rights (CBHR) at New York University's Stern School of Business has been at the forefront of advancing the cause of human rights in business. The center, the first of its kind at a business school, believes that human rights are not merely related or complimentary to good business practice; but a central pillar upon which progress and profit is advanced...The CBHR is leading the charge in this area seeking to ensure basic working conditions all the way to business practices more respectful of free expression and individual privacy in the digital world. The NYU Stern's Center of Business and Human Rights is led by co-directors, Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz and Professor Michael Posner, former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor...With the belief that profit and principle can co-exist, the Center intends to raise awareness among NYU Stern students on the importance of considering human rights issues in the workplace.