Submitted by: CSRwire
Categories: Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility
Posted: Apr 29, 2008 – 05:00 PM EST
Mary Robinson, former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and first female president of Ireland, on advancing the business case for human rights
April 29, 2008 - Today, CSRwire features Mary Robinson, President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative (http://vcr.csrwire.com/). Robinson discusses the advances companies have made in implementing human rights into their core business operations, and some of the challenges managers and stake-holders still face.
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About Realizing Rights: Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative (http://www.realizingrights.org/) puts human rights standards at the heart of global governance and policy-making and ensures that the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable are addressed on the global stage. They convene key stakeholders in new alliances to integrate concepts of human rights, gender equality and enhanced accountability into efforts to address global challenges and governance shortcomings while harnessing civil society, government, business, and economic forums to build awareness. They develop specific policy recommendations and seek to communicate their findings to key decision makers and the wider public.
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