The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights

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Autor(a) principal: Leader, Sheldon
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Homa Publica (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/article/view/30424
Resumo: We are coming to a crossroads in the on-going project of linking human rights standards to business activity. The project can move along one of two different paths. One is to keep the commitment to human rights protection relatively general and programmatic. It calls for broad adherence to the standards but only enters into specifics reluctantly. The details of what is required of a business on any given occasion are often left to ordinary principles of management. On this first path, human rights principles open a door to victims, but do not guide them after they go through the door so that they can raise concrete objections to a piece of behaviour. Sometimes human rights law does regulate business actions at the required level of detail, but on this first strategic path these occasions will be rare. On the second, alternative, strategic path human rights play a far more detailed role in dealing with particular situations. This essay indicates several examples of such a role. It argues that the first path promises impasse between business and human rights advocates, and a severe loss of enthusiasm for the project on both sides.  The second path is the one that will make a future for the linkage between business and human rights a viable one, ultimately capable of generating support from all who wish the project to move forward and to gain the momentum it needs.
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spelling The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rightsO paradoxo da precisão: trajetórias futuras para a ligação entre empresas e direitos humanosDireitos HumanosEmpresasDesenvolvimento sustentávelCompetição entre direitos básicosConsenso fracoConsenso forteHuman RightsBusinessSustainable developmentCompetition among basic rightsWeak consensusStrong consensusWe are coming to a crossroads in the on-going project of linking human rights standards to business activity. The project can move along one of two different paths. One is to keep the commitment to human rights protection relatively general and programmatic. It calls for broad adherence to the standards but only enters into specifics reluctantly. The details of what is required of a business on any given occasion are often left to ordinary principles of management. On this first path, human rights principles open a door to victims, but do not guide them after they go through the door so that they can raise concrete objections to a piece of behaviour. Sometimes human rights law does regulate business actions at the required level of detail, but on this first strategic path these occasions will be rare. On the second, alternative, strategic path human rights play a far more detailed role in dealing with particular situations. This essay indicates several examples of such a role. It argues that the first path promises impasse between business and human rights advocates, and a severe loss of enthusiasm for the project on both sides.  The second path is the one that will make a future for the linkage between business and human rights a viable one, ultimately capable of generating support from all who wish the project to move forward and to gain the momentum it needs.Estamos chegando a uma encruzilhada no projeto, em andamento, de ligação de direitos humanos à atividade comercial. O projeto pode mover-se em um dos dois caminhos diferentes. Um deles é manter o compromisso de proteção dos direitos humanos relativamente geral e programático, que exige ampla aderência aos padrões, mas entra em detalhes apenas com relutância. Os detalhes do que é demandado das empresas em dada ocasião são normalmente deixadas aos princípios habituais de gestão. Nesse primeiro caminho, princípios de direitos humanos abrem uma porta às vítimas, mas não as guiam após cruzarem a porta de maneira que possam levantar objeções concretas a determinado comportamento. Algumas vezes, leis de direitos humanos regulam atividade empresarial no nível exigido de detalhe, mas nesse primeiro caminho estratégico essas ocasiões serão raras. Na segunda, estratégia, alternativa, os direitos humanos cumprem um papel bem mais detalhado ao lidar com situações particulares. Este ensaio indica vários exemplos de tal papel. Argumenta-se que o primeiro caminho prenuncia um impasse entre empresas e defensores de direitos humanos, bem como uma perda severa de entusiasmo pelo projeto em ambos os lados. O segundo caminho é o que torna viável uma futura ligação entre empresas e direitos humanos, capaz de gerar apoio de todos que desejam que o projeto avance e ganhe o impulso que precisa.Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora2016-11-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPeer ReviewedRevisado por paresAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/article/view/30424Homa Publica - Revista Internacional de Derechos Humanos y Empresas; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016); e:005Homa Publica - Revista Internacional de Derechos Humanos y Empresas; Vol. 1 Núm. 1 (2016); e:005Homa Publica - Revista Internacional de Derechos Humanos y Empresas; v. 1 n. 1 (2016); e:0052526-0774reponame:Homa Publica (Online)instname:Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)instacron:UFJFenghttps://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/article/view/30424/20467Derechos de autor 2016 Homainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLeader, Sheldon2021-12-29T18:45:11Zoai:periodicos.ufjf.br:article/30424Revistahttps://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMAPUBhttps://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/oairevista.homa@ufjf.edu.br||2526-07742526-0774opendoar:2021-12-29T18:45:11Homa Publica (Online) - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights
O paradoxo da precisão: trajetórias futuras para a ligação entre empresas e direitos humanos
title The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights
spellingShingle The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights
Leader, Sheldon
Direitos Humanos
Empresas
Desenvolvimento sustentável
Competição entre direitos básicos
Consenso fraco
Consenso forte
Human Rights
Business
Sustainable development
Competition among basic rights
Weak consensus
Strong consensus
title_short The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights
title_full The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights
title_fullStr The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights
title_full_unstemmed The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights
title_sort The paradorx of precision future trajectories for the linkage between business and human rights
author Leader, Sheldon
author_facet Leader, Sheldon
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Leader, Sheldon
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Direitos Humanos
Empresas
Desenvolvimento sustentável
Competição entre direitos básicos
Consenso fraco
Consenso forte
Human Rights
Business
Sustainable development
Competition among basic rights
Weak consensus
Strong consensus
topic Direitos Humanos
Empresas
Desenvolvimento sustentável
Competição entre direitos básicos
Consenso fraco
Consenso forte
Human Rights
Business
Sustainable development
Competition among basic rights
Weak consensus
Strong consensus
description We are coming to a crossroads in the on-going project of linking human rights standards to business activity. The project can move along one of two different paths. One is to keep the commitment to human rights protection relatively general and programmatic. It calls for broad adherence to the standards but only enters into specifics reluctantly. The details of what is required of a business on any given occasion are often left to ordinary principles of management. On this first path, human rights principles open a door to victims, but do not guide them after they go through the door so that they can raise concrete objections to a piece of behaviour. Sometimes human rights law does regulate business actions at the required level of detail, but on this first strategic path these occasions will be rare. On the second, alternative, strategic path human rights play a far more detailed role in dealing with particular situations. This essay indicates several examples of such a role. It argues that the first path promises impasse between business and human rights advocates, and a severe loss of enthusiasm for the project on both sides.  The second path is the one that will make a future for the linkage between business and human rights a viable one, ultimately capable of generating support from all who wish the project to move forward and to gain the momentum it needs.
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