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Laws Used to Excessively Impede Naming and Shaming in Business and Human Rights: Elite Power?

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This article explores the use of laws to unduly silence critics of corporate human rights abuses. It considers the hypothesis that state and business elites align their interests, fuelling the employment of regulations to excessively impede naming and shaming activities. This article draws on socio-legal and critical legal studies to demonstrate how laws, while typically perceived as protective, can also serve to empower corporations and suppress dissent. It reviews examples of such collusion and calls for further case studies to better understand the interplay between business interests and regulatory practices.

Source: European Journal of Risk Regulation

DOI: 10.1017/err.2024.70

Author: Aleydis Nissen

Institutions: Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Antwerp

Language: English

Topic: Corporate Law and Human Rights

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,450