Welcome to Humanising the Bottom Line: A Guide to Balancing Business Success and Human Rights. This e-book is a useful guide for anyone interested in learning about the intersection between business and human rights. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the human rights landscape in the context of business operations and to provide practical solutions for businesses to ensure that they are respecting human rights.
Business and human rights refer to the relationship between businesses and their impact on human rights. This is a complex and multifaceted issue that has become increasingly important in recent years. The importance of business and human rights cannot be overstated. Business operations can have a significant impact on the human rights of individuals and communities. It is therefore essential that businesses take steps to ensure that their operations do not violate human rights.
In the first section of this book, we will provide an overview of the business and human rights landscape. We will explore the historical background of business and human rights, the international frameworks and standards for business and human rights, and the concept of corporate social responsibility and sustainability. We will also examine case studies of human rights violations by businesses to illustrate the importance of this issue.
The second section of the book will focus on specific human rights issues in business operations. We will examine the issue of modern slavery, including forced labour, child labour, human trafficking, and slavery and servitude. We will also explore the environmental impacts of business operations on human rights, including the right to a clean and healthy environment. Discrimination and equality in the workplace, community and land rights, and privacy and data protection will also be discussed.
In the third section of the book, we will provide solutions for businesses to ensure that they are respecting human rights. These solutions include corporate responsibility and accountability, human rights audit, human rights due diligence, mainstreaming human rights strategy into corporate strategic planning (ABCD - Backcasting from Human Rights Principles), stakeholder engagement and consultation, remediation for human rights abuses, and multi-stakeholder initiatives and partnerships.
In the conclusion of the book, we will summarise the key points of the book and discuss the future of business and human rights. We will also issue a call to action for businesses, governments, and civil society to take steps to ensure that business operations respect human rights.
This book can be an important resource for anyone interested in learning about business and human rights. It provides a comprehensive overview of the issues and challenges facing businesses and provides practical solutions for businesses to ensure that they are respecting human rights. The resources section at the end of the book provides additional reading and resources for readers interested in learning more about business and human rights.