Corporate power over human rights

David Birchall

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_1289-1

Corporate power over human rights

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Abstract

The business and human rights (BHR) movement has developed rapidly since the 1990s, in lockstep with spiralling corporate size, wealth and influence. BHR attempts to hold corporations to account for human rights abuses. As such it does not address corporate power directly, and it is not of fundamental importance to BHR whether corporations are growing more powerful in relation to governments, society, or smaller businesses. Rising corporate power, does, however, have marked effects on access to human rights.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of business and professional ethics
Subtitle of host publication	living reference work
Editors	Deborah C. Poff, Alex C. Michalos
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319235141
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_1289-1
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 1 Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

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