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Article

9 Dec 2004

Author:
Mary Robinson, Executive Director, Ethical Globalization Initiative & Honorary Chair, Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights [former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights]

[PDF] Opening remarks - Mary Robinson, Executive Director, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative & Honorary Chair, Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR) - The 2004 Business and Human Rights Seminar - 9 December 2004, L

I think it is increasingly clear that the business and human rights debate is moving now in two directions – both of which are critically important. The first seeks to address a very broad question of principle - the question of what social responsibilities, if any, companies have beyond workplace standards and core business operations. The second seeks to dig deeper – to understand what works and what doesn’t for specific companies and industry sectors and how broad commitments to human rights can be implemented in practical and verifiable ways.