Journal Article

المسئولية الاجتماعية للشركات فى مجال حقوق الإنسان المدنية والسياسية

الشوربجى، أحمد المعتصم

2015

Overview

The UN Global Compact established the basis for corporate social responsibility. The first two principles outlines corporations' responsibilities in the area of human rights without distinguishing between social and economic rights or civil and political rights. This paper explores social corporate reasonability dimensions for civil and political human rights. The article starts with an investigation of the preliminary question of whether corporations as legal persons enjoy human rights. In this context, Part I analyses the corporate personality question from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Part II then demonstrates the significant impact corporate practices have on civil and political human rights. The gravity of such practices is amplified due to multinational corporations' proliferation, whose legal structure and financial abilities allow to meddle with states' policies and hence influence citizens' rights. Whereas the UN Global Compact appears as the most prominent endeavor on the international level, national legislations play a vital role in shaping corporate social responsibility basis. Part III provides an overview of national and international efforts to hold corporations liable to their actions and analyzes both frameworks. Part IV then concludes.

• Publisher: جامعة الإسكندرية - كلية الحقوق
• Subject: الشركات / المسئولية الاجتماعية / المسئولية الاجتماعية للشركات / حقوق الإنسان / حقوق الإنسان السياسية / حقوق الإنسان المدنية / حوكمة الشركات