Format:
28 Seiten
ISBN:
9783946499213
Series Statement:
Análisis / Instituto Alemán de Derechos Humanos
Content:
Human rights risk assessments help corporations to identify potential adverse effects of their business activities on human rights in order to avoid them, reduce them or compensate those affected. Corporations differ in their understanding of what constitutes a “risk”: a corporate risk assessment is about potentially adverse effects on returns on investments or operations. This analysis outlines the different concepts of risk in a human rights and in a business context and illustrates the potential impact this discrepancy can have in practice by using the example of a corporate risk assessment in the Colombian coal sector. From this analysis the Institute derives criteria for possible self-regulatory action on the part of state and business, which can make a human rights risk assessment a mandatory requirement for enterprises.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Utlu, Deniz, 1983 - El cálculo del riesgo Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte, 2017 ISBN 9783946499220
Language:
Spanish
Author information:
Niebank, Jan-Christian
Author information:
Utlu, Deniz 1983-