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Guest Editors’ Introduction: Human Rights and Business

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Wesley Cragg ,
Denis G. Arnold  and
Peter Muchlinski
Wesley Cragg
Affiliation:
York University
Denis G. Arnold
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Peter Muchlinski
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies
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Abstract:

We provide a brief history of the business and human rights discourse and scholarship, and an overview of the articles included in the special issue.

Keywords

businesshuman rightsUN FrameworkRuggiecorporations
Type
Special Issue: Human Rights and Business
Information
Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 1 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2012

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