Connecting Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities and State Obligations under the UN Guiding Principles: Communication and Human Rights Due Diligence

Karin  Buhmann

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46973-7_17

Connecting Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities and State Obligations under the UN Guiding Principles: Communication and Human Rights Due Diligence

Karin Buhmann

Department of Management, Society and Communication

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Abstract

Taking its point of departure in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP), this chapter discusses the complementarity between Pillars One on the State Duty to Respect and Pillar Two the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights. It does this through HRDD and communication such as non-financial reporting. HRDD and reporting are discussed as modalities for promoting businesses’ self-regulation. They therefore offer a way for States to push businesses towards greater respect for human rights. States may induce learning and self-regulation on human rights among businesses through ‘smart mix’ hard, soft and incentives measures related to HRDD and reporting. The paper argues that that clever deployment of these measures may bring forth normative guidance and directives for business action respectful of human rights, strengthening Pillar Two through Pillar One activity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Perspectives on Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics : Including a Special Section on Business and Human Rights
Editors	Jacob Dahl Rendtorff
Number of pages	15
Volume	2
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2017
Pages	281-295
Chapter	17
ISBN (Print)	9783319469720
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319469737
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46973-7_17
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	EBEN Research Conference 2015: Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics - Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark Duration: 1 Oct 2015 → 3 Oct 2015 http://www.tilmeld.dk/EBEN2015/

Conference

Conference	EBEN Research Conference 2015
Location	Copenhagen Business School
Country	Denmark
City	Frederiksberg
Period	01/10/2015 → 03/10/2015
Internet address	http://www.tilmeld.dk/EBEN2015/

Series	Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy
Number	2
Volume	51
ISSN	2211-2707

Keywords

Corporate responsibility to respect
Guiding principles on business & human rights
Human rights due diligence
Non-financial reporting
State duty to protect

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Buhmann, K. (2017). Connecting Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities and State Obligations under the UN Guiding Principles: Communication and Human Rights Due Diligence. In J. D. Rendtorff (Ed.), Perspectives on Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics: Including a Special Section on Business and Human Rights (Vol. 2, pp. 281-295). Springer. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy Vol. 51 No. 2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46973-7_17

Buhmann, Karin . / Connecting Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities and State Obligations under the UN Guiding Principles : Communication and Human Rights Due Diligence. Perspectives on Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics: Including a Special Section on Business and Human Rights . editor / Jacob Dahl Rendtorff. Vol. 2 Cham : Springer, 2017. pp. 281-295 (Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy; No. 2, Vol. 51).

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Buhmann, K 2017, Connecting Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities and State Obligations under the UN Guiding Principles: Communication and Human Rights Due Diligence. in JD Rendtorff (ed.), Perspectives on Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics: Including a Special Section on Business and Human Rights . vol. 2, Springer, Cham, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy, no. 2, vol. 51, pp. 281-295, EBEN Research Conference 2015, Frederiksberg, Denmark, 01/10/2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46973-7_17

Connecting Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities and State Obligations under the UN Guiding Principles : Communication and Human Rights Due Diligence. / Buhmann, Karin .

Perspectives on Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics: Including a Special Section on Business and Human Rights . ed. / Jacob Dahl Rendtorff. Vol. 2 Cham : Springer, 2017. p. 281-295 (Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy; No. 2, Vol. 51).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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