BSR Insight | ‘Lack of Understanding’ Tops List of Business Hurdles to Human Rights
Although John Ruggie’s mandate ends this month with the UN Human Rights Council’s endorsement of his Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, most companies are still in the nascent stage of embedding human rights throughout their operations. According to an Institute for Human Rights and Business survey of 97 people—including directors of global communications and CEOs from all sectors—the greatest hurdle (56 percent of responses) for companies in doing so is a “lack of understanding among key managers.”
The second most-noted barrier (38 percent of responses) is “too many competing tools and methodologies,” a challenge the UN hopes to address by endorsing the Guiding Principles as the global standard.
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