Regulating Corporate Responsibility and Finance for Development

Carlos Lopez ()
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Carlos Lopez: International Commission of Jurists

Development, 2016, vol. 59, issue 1, 88-93

Abstract: Abstract The article explores how a new legally binding instrument on human rights can play a role in making business corporations, and the private sector in general, fit to contribute to the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. The current overreliance on private sector investment as key instrument for development without adequate safeguards and accountability mechanisms is misplaced and generates distrust .

Keywords: Legally binding instrument; Business corporations; Human rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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