Book Notes “Law” 4/2015

Authors: HansW Micklitz

Publish Date: 2015/10/14

Volume: 38, Issue: 4, Pages: 491-502

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Abstract

Corporate social responsibility codes are guidelines that companies voluntarily develop and publish with the objective to show the public their commitment to respect human rights to improve fundamental workplace standards worldwide and to not pollute the natural environment These corporate codes have become a crucial element in the regulatory architecture for globally operating companies By focussing on the characteristics of the codes their effects on society and their legal consequences this book seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of corporate codes and the law Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility Codes develops proposals on the relation between global corporate selfregulation and the national private law systems It uses methods of comparative law and sociological

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