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Article

6 Jan 2004

Author:
Robert A. Senser, Human Rights for Workers

Global Norms Put Heat on Business [note: scroll down to 4th story in the bulletin]

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights will soon consider [the] "Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations" covering environmental, labor, and human rights standards. The U.S. Council for International Business, very much in character, is vigorously opposing them...Business' heavy dependence on the protection of international law and intergovernmental organizations while vigorously opposing those benefits to others is increasingly being recognized as selfish, unbalanced, unfair, and untenable.