Classifying business and human rights thought in management scholarship

Tricia D. Olsen; Judith Schrempf-Stirling; Harry J. Van Buren

doi:10.4337/9781802208979.00008

Classifying business and human rights thought in management scholarship

Tricia D. Olsen, Judith Schrempf-Stirling, Harry J. Van Buren

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What is business and human rights (BHR)? How have debates about BHR evolved in practice and in academia? How can businesses implement their human rights obligations? What are the respective roles and responsibilities of states, businesses, and other organizations in relation to human rights? How does BHR differ from other concepts of business responsibility, such as corporate social responsibility or stakeholder management? This introductory chapter provides an overview of BHR by offering a typology as to how the field might be understood – BHR as obligation, governance, movement, management tool, and relationship.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	A Research Agenda for Business and Human Rights
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Pages	1-18
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781802208979
ISBN (Print)	9781802208962
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802208979.00008
State	Published - Jan 1 2025

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BHR overview
Business and human rights
Management
Relational theory
Social movement
Stakeholder

UN SDGs

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