Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Economics
- Organization
- GTK Department of Management and Business Law
- Code
- GTI22AN820EN
- Title
- Business and Human Rights
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- Published semester
- 2024/25/2
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- en
- Learning outcomes
- András L. Pap BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGTHS COURSE DESCRIPTION 2022 Spring Semester ELTE Institute of Business Economics This course is designed for non-law students. This course is designed to show students how international human rights standards and ethical business practices are incorporated into the design, implementation and evaluation of multi-national business activities, especially in developing countries. It will demonstrate how active cooperation among governments, local organizations, international NGOs and the international corporations are incentivized in order to maximize political and economic development benefits. Students will examine the role of the United Nations and its human rights processes and other components of international codes of conduct. The course focuses on international documents, cases, explanations, argumentations and interpretations useful for a manager in the business decisions. Students are welcome to discuss issues in class. This course is designed for Business Law course students of various nationality or background. Prerequisites This is a 100-level introductory course with no prerequisites at all.
- Course content
- Topics The concept of human rights The workings of international law (Soft law, hard law) Workers’ rights: under the ILO, the European Social Charter, within the EU and the UN. Developmental policy: Sustainable Development Goals International and domestic human rights remedies and procedures Drittwirkung: human right protection by businesses in the global south: corporate due diligence, UN standards of conduct, energy justice, supply chain legislation, corporate legal accountability. Human rights due diligence, political risk analysis, human rights impact assessments. Corporations as instruments for human rights and democracy. Collaboration between companies and government security forces. Operating in war zones. Policing subcontractors' compliance with labor rights. Socially responsible investing. The concept of discrimination and the various concepts of equality (Neoliberalism and equality.) Forced labor (in the garment and hotel industry, forestry, global manufacturing, construction, extraction and agriculture) Environmental issues. Indigenous rights
- Assessment method
- Learning outcomes Students will gain a substantive and theoretical knowledge of international law and international human rights, human rights instruments monitoring methods and systems. a multidisciplinary understanding of the social, political and economic context of, and potential remedial actions for human rights violations in the context of international business. a knowledge of the role that human rights plays in current debates and processes associated with political and economic development and the promotion of civil society, including the work of local and international NGOs, and the activities of major human rights and humanitarian organizations such Amnesty International, Human Rights First, or the International Committee of the Red Cross. an understanding of the role and function of multinational corporations in the globalization process as well as in domestic economies and politics, as well as some of the factors and processes of corporate strategic thinking and planning in association with human rights and social responsibility. Reading materials suggested but not limited to: Teaching BHR Handbook slides of the classes (moodle) Assessment The general examination and assessment requirements of the courses offered by the Faculty of Economics are available at: https://gtk.elte.hu/en/erasmus/general Grading: For “offered grades” 60-69 satisfactory (3), 70-84 good (4), 85-100 excellent (5). For examination: 50-54 sufficient (2), 55-69 satisfactory (3), 70-84 good (4), 85-100 excellent (5). Points received during the term are not added to the exam points.
- Bibliography
- Reading materials suggested but not limited to: Teaching BHR Handbook slides of the classes (moodle)