As Rio Tinto employees in China were sentenced to jail terms ranging from seven to 14 years for bribery and stealing commercial secrets…attention [was]…on Google’s withdrawal from China…[T]he focus on Google is unhelpful because it fails to make a case…that human rights is a business concern…[T]he Rio Tinto case has reinforced the point to all companies operating in China about legal uncertainty…[R]eporting on the story has concentrated on the perception that the rule of law doesn’t exist in China and business risks associated with that. The missing piece in this argument is the connection between bribe paying…and human rights abuses…Rio Tinto executives engaged in corrupt practices…that undermined the…‘rule of law’ and are now paying the price…The human rights community has…fail[ed] to focus on how bribery undermines economic development and leads to a broad range of human rights violations