Young Scholars Wanted: Call For Papers
We
are looking for the next generation of researchers, the leading voices of
tomorrow! Are you a doctoral student in one of the relevant fields of
research such as management, political studies, legal studies, geography, political
philosophy, or any other human rights related field? If you want to make a
contribution to business and human rights this is the perfect opportunity!
Your
participation will provide you with unique access to some of the best thinkers
in human rights issues of today and to top managers and CSR practitioners from
multinational companies and nongovernmental organizations.
We
expect you to deliver new insights and provoking ideas that might transcend the
rigid borders of the established scientific division of disciplines.
Do
you have answers to one or more of the following questions and dimensions on
the business and human rights debate? We invite you to redefine the global debate
on corporate responsibility!
- Theoretical
concepts of corporate responsibility for human rights
-
Human
rights challenges in conflict zones
-
Human
rights and private security firms
- Analysis
of recent human rights scandals in specific countries, industries, companies
- Concepts
of direct and indirect human rights violations (what are the dimensions of
complicity)
- Micro
finance activities and their impact on human rights
- Solutions
for salient human rights issues (child labor, slave labor, forced labor, salaries
and working conditions, etc.)
- What
are the future standards for the human rights policy of multinational
corporations? How can they be developed and implemented?
- Best
Practice: What kind of engagement do multinational corporations show and what
is their motivation?
- Geopolitical
analyses:
- What
is the role of consumers and consumption in relation to human rights?
-
What
is the link between environmental issues and human rights in a business context?
-
How
do successful multistakeholder processes look like? What is the role of
corporations, governments, NGOs in these processes?
-
The
role of the UN (e.g. the Global Compact) on human rights issues?
- Martial
prosecution and the frame of the Universal Decalaration of Human Rights
- What
are the legal challenges in the global process of regulating and sanctioning
human rights violations by corporations?
This is not a complete
list, your ideas are welcome!
