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Article

1 Aug 2005

Author:
US General Accounting Office (GAO)

[PDF] full report: "Numerous Federal Activities Complement U.S. Business’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts"

...Human Rights: Business actions addressing the CSR concern of human rights involve assuring basic standards of treatment to all people, regardless of nationality, gender, race, economic status, or religion. Among the concerns in developing human rights policies are to avoid child labor in manufacturing, government action depriving citizens of basic civil liberties, and forced or prison labor.