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Corporate responsibility in international law: which way to go
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Adeyeye, A. G. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | The debates about the relationship between human rights and business are voluminous. Many scholars argue for direct corporate responsibility in international law and seek to find ways to attribute such responsibility to corporations without the consent or practice of States. This has proved very problematic. Other scholars dismiss calls for direct corporate responsibility stating reasons such as State sovereignty, lack of personality and difficulties with notions of 'corporate' as opposed to 'individual' or 'state' responsibility. All these scholars work on the assumption, that the determination of whether corporate responsibility should be direct or not in international law, can be based on acts or practices outside State consent or practice. This article will argue that for corporations to be held responsible under international law, the way forward is to consider how States can be convinced to reach agreements which directly impose responsibility on corporations. After all, international law is State-structured, and perhaps rightly so. |
| Starting Page | 141 |
| Ending Page | 161 |
| Page Count | 21 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.commonlii.org/sg/journals/SGYrBkIntLaw/2007/10.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
