Business Policies on Human Rights: An Analysis of Their Content and Prevalence Among FTSE 100 Firms

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-299

  Preuss, Lutz ^a   Brown, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Human rights; Multi national enterprises; UN Declaration of Human Rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865826724     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1127-z     Document Type: Article

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