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The paper explores how respect for human rights is emerging and being operationalized in the discourse of 30 Fortune 500 companies in the mining, pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

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The meaning and scope of corporate respect for rights affects the lived experience of some of the most vulnerable in society, but also because it reflects a shifting the relationship between the state, business and society.

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This page is a summary of: Corporate respect for human rights: meaning, scope, and the shifting order of discourse, Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, May 2016, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/aaaj-09-2015-2241.
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