Multinational Corporations and Global Justice

Human Rights Obligations of a Quasi-Governmental Institution

Florian Wettstein

• Publisher: Stanford Business Books
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9780804762403
• eBook ISBN: 9780804772600
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Government & Business
• Index: Business

Multinational Corporations and Global Justice: Human Rights Obligations of a Quasi-Governmental Institution addresses the changing role and responsibilities of large multinational companies in the global political economy. This cross- and inter-disciplinary work makes innovative connections between current debates and streams of thought, bringing together global justice, human rights, and corporate responsibility. Conceiving of corporate social responsibility (CSR) from this unique perspective, author Florian Wettstein takes readers well beyond the limitations of conventional notions, which tend to focus on either beneficence or pure charity.

While the call for multinationals' involvement in the solution of global problems has become stronger in recent times, few specifics have been laid down regarding how to hold those institutions accountable in the global arena. This text attempts to work out the normative basis underlying the responsibilities of multinational corporations—thereby filling a crucial void in the literature and marking a milestone in the CSR debate.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• PART I - Toward Rights-Based Cosmopolitan Justice
• PART II - Theory of the Quasi-Governmental Institution
• PART III - Multinational Corporations as Primary Agents of Justice
• Notes
• References
• Index