Corporate responsibility for human rights impacts : new expectations and paradigms

Written by a highly respected panel of experts, this book examines the difficult and nuanced questions associated with corporate accountability from all sides. This book contributes unique and thoughtful perspectives, legally grounded and passionately contended, to the ongoing dialogue about the intersection of human rights and corporate responsibility. Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Impacts focuses mainly on developments in the United States and the United Kingdom, although examples of legal developments in corporate accountability for human rights in developing countries are discussed in many chapters. This book considers the question: how will lawyers and courts deal with the thorny issue of extraterritoriality in transnational litigation brought against companies for human rights abuses abroad?

All care, no responsibility? / Justine Nolan -- Multinational corporations and their responsibilities under international law / Ralph G. Steinhardt -- International human rights law perspectives on the UN framework and guiding principles on business and human rights / Robert McCorquodale -- International law's invisible hand and the future of corporate accountability for violations of human rights / Penelope Simons -- Trade and investment arrangements and labor rights / Jeffrey S. Vogt -- Human rights litigation in U.S. courts against individuals and corporations / Beth Stephens -- The implications of Kiobel for corporate accountability litigation under the alien tort statute / Paul Hoffman -- Environmental litigation against corporations : where now? / Neil A.F. Popović -- Influencing the impact of business on human rights / Erika R. George -- The UK context for business and human rights / Rachel Chambers and Katherine Tyler -- Current trends and future effects in transnational litigation against corporations in the United Kingdom / Shubhaa Srinivasan -- Foreign direct-liability litigation / Peter Muchlinski and Virginie Rouas -- Labour rights in the world economy / Sheldon Leader -- Financial institutions and human rights / Dr. Mary Dowell-Jones -- B corporations : redefining success in business / Andrew Kassoy and Nathan Gilbert -- An attorney's perspective on corporate social responsibility and corporate philanthropy / Sarah A. Altschuller.