Unit 2 Questions

Please answer each of the following questions.  If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.

1. Where were ethics reforms originally introduced?
   
   
2. Why were ethics regimes created?
   
   
3. What are the internal and external functions performed by ethics regimes?
   
   
4. Why have companies stepped in?
   
   
5. What are the developing and international and domestic human rights obligations of companies?
   
   
6. Where do responsibilities of corporations begin? How should the sphere of influence be designed?
   
   
7. What is the role of states, inter-governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations?
   
   
8. What are some of the limitations to the application or enforcement of human rights standards by corporations? To corporations?
   
   
9. What is a corporate code of conduct? How do business managers construct codes of conduct? What do they try to achieve? What do they cover? What role do they play in an organization? Do they work?

Relevant Internet Resources

Business and Human Rights Resource Center
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home

Business for Social Responsibility
www.bsr.org

International Labor Organization
http://www.ilo.org/

The World Bank Institute’s Business Competitiveness and Development Program
www.csrwbi.org

Select Bibliography

Ann Fiorini, “ Business and Global Governance: The Growing Role of Corporate Codes of Conduct”, Brookings Review, vol. 2, 2003, pp. 4-8.

Dara O’ Rourke, “Outsourcing Regulations: Analyzing Nongovernmental Systems of Labor Standards and Monitoring”, The Policy Studies Journal, vol. 31, n. 1, 2003, pp. 1-29.

Gay W. Seidman, “Monitoring Multinationals: Lessons from the Anti-Apartheid Era”, Politics and Society, vol. 31, n. 3, 2003, pp. 381-406.