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The New Social License to Operate and the Role of Legal Advisors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Alexandra Guáqueta
Alexandra Guáqueta*
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D.Phil. International Relations, Oxford, Flinders University
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Ethical and Practical Challenges for Corporate Lawyers Advising Clients on Human Rights
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 105 , 2011 , pp. 303 - 305
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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1 Doing “the maximum possible” became Cerrejón’s aspirational aim, formulated by CEO Leon Teicher in 2007, to encourage corporate culture change in line with emerging social standards for corporations based on modern notions of human rights. Cerrejón is among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world (see www.cerrejon.com).

2 See the wave of Ngo reports against British Petroleum, Occidental Petroleum, Shell, and others in the late 1990s in connection to their operations in Colombia, Indonesia, and Nigeria.