Title page
ABSTRACT
Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter I. Introduction 10
Chapter II. Human Rights Issues Facing Business Operations 15
A. Transnational Corporations as human rights actor 16
B. The Human Rights Abuse Cases 19
1. Nike and Child Labor Abuse 19
2. Transnational Corporations in Bhopal 22
Chapter III. Human Rights Responsibility of Transnational Corporations 25
A. Corporate Social Responsibility 25
B. The Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility 29
1. Economic Drivers 29
2. Managerial Drivers of Corporation Social Responsibility 31
3. Ethical Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility 32
4. Political Drivers for Corporate Social Responsibility 33
C. Analysis of Main Initiatives on Human Rights Responsibility of Transnational Corporations 35
1. Government and Intergovernmental Initiatives 35
(A) Global Compact 36
(B) OECD 39
2. Company Led Initiatives 42
3. NGO Led Initiatives 44
Chapter IV. The Role of Government on Human Rights Responsibility of Transnational Corporations 46
A. The Critics on Global Compact 46
B. The Limitation of Main Initiatives 50
C. The Role of Government on Human Rights Responsibility of Transnational Corporations 52
1. Role of government 52
(1) Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe 53
(2) Corporate Social Responsibility in Canada 55
(3) The Role of Government 58
2. The UN Human Rights Norms for Corporations 60
Chapter V. Conclusion 64
Bibliography 67
Table 1. A summary of Recommendation of the UN Human Rights Sub-Commission on Companies and Human Rights 17
Table 2. Government and Intergovernmental Initiatives 35
Table 3. A Comparison of the UN Global Compact and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 41
Table 4. Non-government Organization led Initiatives 44