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How the UN set the standard for human rights in the corporate world

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How the UN set the standard for human rights in the corporate world

14 Oct 2015

HKS Professor John Ruggie, who has twice served in senior roles at the United Nations, describes how the UN was able to leverage its convening power to create an unprecedented set of "Guiding Principles" for corporate responsibility on human rights issues. He also speaks to the growing role international sporting organizations like FIFA and the Olympics will need to play in bolstering human rights.
international human un rights business diplomacy negotiation corporate corporation nations affairs relations united

Authors

Harvard Kennedy School

Duration
21:59
Episode number
34
Published in
United States of America

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