BSR Insight Articles About Human Rights
Human Rights Training: Who Needs It, What They Need to Know, and How It Should Work
Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services
Since the emergence of the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, companies have started to think about how to apply the principles in their day-to-day operations. An important component of this is ensuring that every person in the company understands what human rights are and how they relate to the company as a whole and to their individual responsibilities. Training and engaging employees on human rights—from line workers to the CEO—is an important step in embedding human rights in the corporate culture and influencing decision-making, both of which are key goals articulated in the Guiding Principles. Many companies face the same human rights issues, such as the rights to enjoy just and favorable work conditions, to exercise rights without discrimination, or to enjoy freedom of opinion and expression. But whether it's a companywide video, an interactive slide presentation, mandatory online quizzes, or a combination of several approaches, every company should choose the approach that fits best within its culture and existing training programs. This topic was the focus of discussion for BSR's Human Rights Working Group, which launched earlier this year. One takeaway from our conversation was that companies should take a hybrid approach to training that includes a basic, simple training for the entire company, as well as targeted, in-depth trainings for priority groups. Read more
Community Engagement With Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
Jasmine Campbell, Former Manager, Advisory Services
Based on a workshop BSR held in June, we have launched a new report that discusses how extractives companies can use free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) to engage affected communities throughout project development. The report defines FPIC and discusses best practices for stakeholder engagement that can be applied within the company and with external stakeholders: Internally: Read more
Ten Lessons From a Year’s Hard Work in ICT and Human Rights
Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services
One year ago, we published a report on applying the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to the information, communications, and technology (ICT) industry. Read more
Four Questions to Guide Human Rights Reporting
Virginia Terry, Former Director, BSR
In the past few years—in part due to the launch of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights—many companies have begun to demonstrate leadership in addressing human rights across their operations and in using their influence to promote human rights more broadly. Read more
Should I Stay or Should I Go: Business and High-Risk Markets
Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services
"Business can most effectively respect human rights through our presence in, rather than absence from, countries that present significant human rights risks. … [T]he critical question facing business is 'how' to operate within repressive countries to enable people living there to benefit from ICT products the way people do in other, freer countries." Read more
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