COMM1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United Nations Global Compact, Labor Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility
11 Nov 2018
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Week 6 business, social impact and human rights. Also trying to align with employee values and expectations, and build brand as a responsible business: businesses focus their human rights efforts where they have direct operational control. Un global compact asks companies to: chains: respect human rights (not negatively impact human rights) and, look for additional ways to support and advance human rights including in relation to supply. Incorporating human rights expectations into corporate codes of conduct. Formal grievance mechanisms are complaint processes that can be used by stakeholders (employees, customers, business partners and communities) that are negatively affected by business activity and operations. Important for businesses to uncover adverse human rights impacts as part of their ongoing human rights due diligence and respond in a timely manner. Most important issues for aus businesses are those that concern immediate workforce: workplace health and safety, non-discrimination, gender equality, diversity and inclusion: e. g social, economic and cultural rights in mining sector.
