Transnational Corporations and Human Rights [Paperback]

Bringing together a diverse group of contributors, this collection addresses the impact of transnational corporations on human rights. Topics covered include corporate social responsibility; the impact of corporations on internal conflicts, and codes of conduct. Case studies range from the negative effects of the Nigerian oil industry to the positive engagement by a logging company with the Nuu-chah-nulth people in Canada. The book uniquely combines the discussion of conceptual issues with an in-depth examination of specific corporations and industries.Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Abbreviations An Emerging Market for the New Millennium: Transnational Corporations and Human Rights; S.Pegg Activism and Research onTransnational Corporations and Human Rights: Building a New International Normative Regime; W.H.Meyer Regulating Transnational Corporations through Corporate Codes of Conduct; A.Wawryk Corporate Responsibility for Preventing Human Rights Abuse in Conflict Areas; M.Winston The Oil Industry in Nigeria: Conflict between Oil companies and the Local People; J.G.Frynas Mining and Environmental Human Rights in Papua New Guinea; S.Kirsch US Certification Initiatives in the Coffee Industry: The Battle for Just Remuneration; R.Garcia-Johnson The Transnational Garment Industry in South and South-East Asia: A focus on Labor Rights; J.G.Frynas Timber Logging in Clayoquot Sound/Canada: Community-Corporate Partnerships and Community Rights; H.Fabig & R.Boele IndexRICHARD BOELE Founding Director, Australian Institute of Corporate Citizenship, AustraliaHEIKE FABIG PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Centre for the Comparative Study of culture, Development and Environment, University of Sussex, UKRONIE GARCIA-JOHNSON Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy, Duke University, USASTUART KIRSCH Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, USAWILLIAM H. MEYER Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Rl(