In this publication, in collaboration with Global Compact Network Japan, we review these issues from the perspective of Japanese companies; in particular we discuss the growing awareness of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and present approaches to their implementation that recognize respect for human rights as a management issue. I hope that by highlighting real-world examples of companies going beyond the theory and addressing these challenges in practice, this publication will provide our readers with some ideas that will be useful in their future endeavors.