Advancing the business and human rights agenda: Dialogue, empowerment, and constructive engagement

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-188

  Mena, Sébastien ^a   de Leede, Marieke ^b   Baumann, Dorothée ^c   Black, Nicky ^d   Lindeman, Sara ^e   McShane, Lindsay ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^e HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base of the pyramid; Constructive engagement; Corporate Social Responsibility; Empowerment; Global governance; Human rights; Stakeholder dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949916949     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0188-8     Document Type: Article

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