Whose Business? A Handbook on Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights and the Environment

This report provides an introduction to the key issues driving efforts to promote corporate social responsibility and accountability worldwide. It demonstrates the links between the environment, labor rights, and human rights in the context of globalization and identifies the challenges faced by multinational corporations, whose product lines and financial markets are increasingly international while regulation remains at the local and national levels. It also describes efforts that corporations have taken to improve environmental and social performance and lists emerging trends in corporate responsibility. Produced primarily for use by educators, students, and activists, the guide is a useful primer for business professionals as well.