LAW 533 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Alien Tort Statute, Corporate Crime, Fiduciary
11 Dec 2016
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Chapter 9: csr and international human rights laws. Human rights standards aimed at regulating relations between the state and individuals and groups (9-1) Csr includes treating community and workers fairly and legally. While many countries have their own standards for dealing with human rights issues, the problem is that there is no international standard and this allows companies that operate in multiple countries having to adjust/comply with different sets of standards. Another problem is the fact that there are no intergovernmental enforcement agencies. Multinational enterprises (mnes) have huge role because of their increased numbers. Important to enforce/impose some level of human rights standards for them to comply. Rule making/implementing/adjudicating for canadian vs public international law. International law weak due to rule making, adjudicating, enforcing. Weak with respect to: environmental, social, and hr issues. Because there is a strong incentive to sign onto the world trade agreement (wto) since it grants access to many of the global trade markets.
