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[PDF] Business & human rights: The value of the UN Norms
...voluntary initiatives have not been sufficient by themselves to (a) prevent human rights abuses, and (b) create a culture of respecting human rights. Abuses continue to take place in the same countries, year after year, sometimes involving the same companies, as they used to a decade ago, as witnessed in Bhopal, India; the Niger Delta; and Sudan...Forward-thinking companies will pay attention to the Norms [UN Norms on business & human rights], and begin testing their own policies against the Norms...[refers to Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemical), Chinese National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), Petronas, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Sudapet]