Now more than ever, businesses have strong incentives to take seriously their responsibility to respect human rights. Human rights developments can spark stock price fluctuations, negative consumer attitudes and loud employee demands to take action. In developing their human rights policies and processes, companies have come to depend upon civic freedoms that enable civil society to reveal human rights impacts. Civic freedoms allow citizens to ask questions, express opinions, propose solutions to social problems, and press their own governments to keep commitments to protecting human rights. The “Business Case for Civil Society,” explores reasons why it is in the best interest of companies to take action in support of civil society, especially when civil society is under pressure. Read more here.
Source: RIghts CoLAB