Fact-finding mission reveals most companies don't appreciate corporate responsibility on human rights.
from truthout
"A United Nations expert group is warning that too many gaps remain in implementing new safeguards among businesses based in the United States, both in terms of their domestic and international operations, to ensure the protection of human rights of workers and communities affected by those operations.
"Two members of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights wrapped up a 10-day fact-finding mission to the United States this week, at the end of which they released initial observations. Ultimately, these will be expanded upon and finalised for presentation to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2014.
“'With a few exceptions, most companies still struggle to understand the implications of the corporate responsibility to respect human rights,' Puvan Selvanathan, the current head of the Working Group and one of the two members on the US trip, said at the end of the mission. 'Those that do have policies in place, in turn, face the challenge of turning such policies into effective practices.' …”
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