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Ramírez-García, Hugo
When corporate social responsibility meets human rights. Business planning based on moral absolutes
Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights: Challenges in a Globalized Context
2022
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Diez-Spelz, Juan-Francisco
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Ramírez-García, Hugo
What happens when Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Human Rights meet? This article argues that although CSR is a worthy attempt to propose social-aimed better practices for managerial decisions, a human rights perspective substantially enriches this vision. It also suggests that the ancient principle of res extra commercium can provide the rationale crucial to join CSR with human rights as a source of moral absolutes. Essentially, based on the res extra commercium rationale, businesses should start by identifying areas of economic activity that are off limits because they may violate human dignity. ©2022 Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics, Universitat Ramon Llull.
2020
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Ramírez-García, Hugo
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Diez-Spelz, Juan-Francisco
This chapter aims to reflect upon the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and human rights. We argue that although CSR is a good attempt to propose better practices for managerial decisions, a human rights perspective enriches this vision. Therefore, the authors will define the meaning of a human rights perspective for business activities and, specifically, for CSR. The authors apply the idea of res extra commercium to human rights and CSR. As a first step, both factors need to be identified as moral absolutes. Essentially, businesses should start by identifying areas of human activity that are off limits.