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Stern centre aims to show there is good business in human rights [subscription required]
Michael Posner, the newly appointed professor of business and society at NYU’s Stern School of Business in New York...is launching the first centre for human rights at a business school...For Prof Posner the centre will be as much a meeting place as it will a research centre. “You need Walmart, H&M, the unions, the British government, the US government, all at the table ... I think we can be a catalyst for the discussion.” Companies are looking for measurable standards and clear metrics, he says, and the Stern centre can enable this...Prof Posner has three items on his agenda: to develop a group of well-educated business leaders who respect human rights; to advance the research agenda with rigorous analysis; and to convene the companies and individuals who decide strategy. He is also keen on public education and believes this can help change the way businesses operate.