Business and human rights in South Africa: An analysis of antecedents of human rights due diligence

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 453-473

  Hamann, Ralph ^a   Sinha, Paresha ^b   Kapfudzaruwa, Farai ^a   Schild, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Due diligence; Human rights; Public reporting; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249123365     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0293-8     Document Type: Article

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