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John Gerard Ruggie

Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights (Norton Global Ethics Series) 1st Edition

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"A true master class in the art of making the impossible possible." ―Paul Polman

One of the most vexing human rights issues of our time has been how to protect the rights of individuals and communities worldwide in an age of globalization and multinational business. Indeed, from Indonesian sweatshops to oil-based violence in Nigeria, the challenges of regulating harmful corporate practices in some of the world’s most difficult regions long seemed insurmountable. Human rights groups and businesses were locked in a stalemate, unable to find common ground. In 2005, the United Nations appointed John Gerard Ruggie to the modest task of clarifying the main issues. Six years later, he had accomplished much more than that. Ruggie had developed his now-famous "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights," which provided a road map for ensuring responsible global corporate practices. The principles were unanimously endorsed by the UN and embraced and implemented by other international bodies, businesses, governments, workers’ organizations, and human rights groups, keying a revolution in corporate social responsibility.

Just Business tells the powerful story of how these landmark “Ruggie Rules” came to exist. Ruggie demonstrates how, to solve a seemingly unsolvable problem, he had to abandon many widespread and long-held understandings about the relationships between businesses, governments, rights, and law, and develop fresh ways of viewing the issues. He also takes us through the journey of assembling the right type of team, of witnessing the severity of the problem firsthand, and of pressing through the many obstacles such a daunting endeavor faced.

Just Business is an illuminating inside look at one of the most important human rights developments of recent times. It is also an invaluable book for anyone wanting to learn how to navigate the tricky processes of global problem-solving and consensus-building and how to tackle big issues with ambition, pragmatism, perseverance, and creativity.

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0393062880
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March 25, 2013
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An important read

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2013

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Like few others, this really is a must-read book–not for everyone but for anyone who is interested in seeing human rights enforced in the world. The author was charged by the UN with the task of developing principles that governments and corporations might be willing to endorse and build into their policies and practices. He did develop them under the name of “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights” and with the help of various organizations world wide they have been endorsed and to some extent enforced.

The book is well organized and well written. It drags somewhat at times because the story Ruggie tells involves multitudinous organizations that have a role in global affairs, and their names and acronyms are often multi-worded and multi-syllabic, respectively. But the reader who can look past these pitfalls will be well informed about if not inspired to join in the task of figuring out how to police corporate practice in the world.

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A first-hand account of a game-changing global mandate

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2013

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John Ruggie is the man charged by Khofi Annan to craft a UN human-rights policy for international corporations. This daunting task eventually resulted in an agreement that generated buy-in from diverse corporate cultures, governments, and NGO's. This is a major step forward in making corporations willingly accountable for the ethical treatment of people and their communities. The book is thorough, detailed, and readable. Ruggie manages to tell the facts without condemning - which probably explains why he got so many diverse entities to agree to his plan.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016

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Extremely interesting read, balancing moral principles with a practical approach.

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a rose by any other name

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Wilfred Mamah

A crucial tool...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2013

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This amazing work by Prof. John Ruggie is a core material for anyone that wants to properly engage with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (GP). I use 'engage' in the context of the distinction between ‘shallow’ and ‘deep’ learning. The tendency to criticise a work/instrument without properly engaging with it is a pointer towards ‘shallow’ learning. At the 'transformational end’ of learning (Brockbank &McGill, 2007:4), criticism takes the form of constructivism as a result of proper engagement with the subject. It was in the search for the latter form of learning that I purchased Ruggie (2013). My objective in buying this text was to fill a gap that reading any statute/legal instrument often throws up: absence of context. I reasoned that since Prof John Ruggie was the main architect of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, a work written by him would fill the context gap and offer me the required tools for a deeper engagement with the GP. I can now report to readers that this work met my expectations. Couched in analytical tone, I found this book extremely helpful in locating the context, theoretical framework and philosophical underpinning of the GP. Whatever stand I eventually take on the viability of the GP in the context of chronic poverty and poor governance cannot affect my appreciation of this work as a crucial tool in helping me construct that meaning.

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Matteo M. Winkler

A deep insight in a controversial issue

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2013

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This book is a fantastic insight in the controversial issue regarding the regulation of multinational companies and human right.

As John Ruggie was in charge with preparing a text concerning the issue at UN level, it contains also many interesting questions on how multinational companies may be induced to respect human rights in today's world, where legal sources and soft law often combine with solemn declarations and uneffective instruments.

I strongly recommend this book both for those who are new at the issue, and need to deepen it for academic or other reasons, and for those who want to find an outstanding description, together with cases, of one of the most questioned matters of international law.

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Songito

An interesting Piece

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2014

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Very interesting piece from John Ruggie capturing the journey of the principles and guidelines on human rights and business, and the way forward. The most interesting analysis in the form of historical arguments is the leaning towards a binding regime or towards a non-binding regime. The main argument put forward in this regard is one for pluralism.

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L.C.

Ruggie provides good insights as to how the Protect

Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2015

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A concise and thought provoking read. Ruggie provides good insights as to how the Protect, Respect, Remedy framework was developed, as well as some of the background for the framework.

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Mama33

Sehr interessant

Reviewed in Germany on February 18, 2014

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I wrote my master thesis on this topic and this book gave me a great insight. It is a great book to read parrallel to John Ruggie's guidelines. The book is easy to read, accessible and very interesting.

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