The public, the private, and the business-societal: A threefold approach to business responsibility for human rights

• Main Author: Mende, Janne (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2020
• Subjects: JPVH
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Overall, the role of business companies for the violation, but also for the protection of human rights has become a pivotal research agenda across the disciplines. Since the 1990s, debates increasingly focus on the question, whether, and if so to what extent, companies as private actors can be held...