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Human Rights: The Emerging Norm Of Corporate Responsibility, Claire Moore Dickerson
Human Rights: The Emerging Norm Of Corporate Responsibility, Claire Moore Dickerson
Claire Moore Dickerson
Human-rights norms are now evolving toward an increased recognition of the collective as well. Included among the civil and political rights, and the economic, social, and cultural rights, are rights that are most effective when used by a group. The solidarity rights, including the right to development, are a natural culmination of that trend. These norms emerge from the larger society that extends beyond the developed world, and certainly far beyond the corporations' commercial environment. A democratic process of admittedly varying formality and effectiveness creates and legitimates these norms. The feedback between (1) corporations' conduct in support of the collective …