David Else

Alex Newton

This updated and expanded guidebook gives information for independent travellers, on differing budgets. It covers 16 countries in West Africa, with 156 detailed maps and information on the local culture and wildlife.

West Africa

A Travel Survival Kit

The spotlight of global scrutiny has shone particularly brightly on corporations’ adverse impacts on human rights in recent years. Corporations make up more than two-thirds of the world’s top economies today, and so rightly they are being called to account for their impacts on society and the communities in which they operate. The Business of Human Rights demystifies the relevance of human rights for business, explaining how the corporate responsibility to respect human rights under the UN Guiding Principles can be implemented in practice. It provides a straightforward, practical guide that can be easily read and interpreted by managers to help businesses navigate this complex area of legislation and "soft" law to fulfil their responsibilities. It explains the potential legal, financial and reputational implications for corporations and the steps they need to take to address them. The book tracks some of the major global developments in business and human rights, including the emergence of foreign, transnational, and international law and the proliferation of multi-stakeholder initiatives on business and human rights. Case studies from a range of sectors and industries – such as extractives, apparel, fast-moving consumer goods, electronics, and banking and finance – illustrate the enormous risks and opportunities human rights pose for business in practice. The Business of Human Rights will equip corporate executives, sustainability practitioners, academics, students, and anyone interested in business’s impacts on society with the essential information and tools they need to quickly come up to speed with the rapidly evolving area of business and human rights.

Best Practice and the UN Guiding Principles

The Business of Human Rights

Part One: How it Works1. The Idler and the WealthyFirst off, let's tell a story about two individuals who are identical in many ways. They grew up together and went to the same school, even going as far as graduating together and sharing the same room in college. Being pretty decent individuals, everybody seemed to get along with them, and they even shared the same drive to make up for their mischievous years in high school. Their only difference were the life paths they decided to take. The first individual dropped out of college and moved to Daytona Beach, Florida where he could chase girls, grow his hair out, and just not give any care in the world. He had the nickname of 'Gorgeous George,' but he was still an idler trying to make ends meet, working as a ball boy for the wealthy golfers. Eventually becoming frustrated and fed-up with how unhappy he was, 'Gorgeous George' moved back to his hometown to start his own business. What happened next caused him to lose everything he had ever worked for.The second individual continued on through college and eventually graduated, moving onto business school. Graduating at the top of his class, he was soon recruited by a big tech company. He continued to build his resume, even having multiple adventures that turned rather successful, growing from the prior. Today he has a beautiful daughter, has hundreds of friends worldwide, is the owner of a record breaking and successful company, along with being the happiest man in the world. The only thing that remained the same throughout these two individuals' lives was the fact that they continued to stay in very close contact with one another.Thinking of these two individuals and their vastly different lives, you would have never expected them to be the same exact person, but they are. The average idler who dropped out of college is still the same person as the happy millionaire who owns his own business. The only thing that changed in these two individuals' lives was being introduced to the slight edge where you, too, will be introduced.

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