Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles: the Case of the
Czech Republic

C 2014

Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles: the Case of the Czech Republic

HERMANOVÁ, Veronika and Hubert SMEKAL

Basic information

Original name

Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles: the Case of the Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Implementace UN Guiding Principles: případ České republiky

Authors

HERMANOVÁ, Veronika (203 Czech Republic) and Hubert SMEKAL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Barcelona, Spain and the Implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities, p. 159-177, 19 pp. Colleción LEX, 2014

Publisher

Huygens Editorial

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Spain

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/14:00077870

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-84-15663-30-0

Keywords (in Czech)

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; Česká republika; Společenská odpovědnost firem; lidská práva; business

Keywords in English

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; the Czech Republic; Corporate Social Responsibility; human rights; business

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

The chapter maps the state of the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the Czech Republic. Based on a sample of the thirty largest companies in the Czech Republic, the paper seeks to ascertain variables that encourage and/or discourage the implementation of these Guiding Principles. In particular, the case study explores the relationship between, on one hand, the size of a company, the origin of its owners (Czech or foreign), the company’s area of operation, and its activities in Corporate Social Responsibility, and, on the other hand, knowledge and adoption of the Guiding Principles (together with specific arguments of the companies for and against adoption). The study is based on materials from companies included in the sample and on interviews with their representatives. The acquired data are subsequently put in context by a comparison to recent processes of raising awareness and implementation of this document abroad. The paper contributes to the existing body of research on the UN Guiding Principles not only with a description of the situation in the country, but also with the ambition of formulating hypotheses on the issue which could also be applied to other Central and Eastern European post-communist countries.

In Czech

Kapitola se zabývá zmapováním implementace UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights v České republice. Na vzorku třiceti největších firem se snaží určit faktory, které přispívají či naopak ztěžují uplatnění UN Guiding Principles v praxi.

Citovat

HERMANOVÁ, Veronika and Hubert SMEKAL. Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles: the Case of the Czech Republic. In Carmen Márquez Carrasco. Spain and the Implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities. Barcelona: Huygens Editorial, 2014, p. 159-177. Colleción LEX. ISBN 978-84-15663-30-0.

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HERMANOVÁ, Veronika and Hubert SMEKAL. Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles: the Case of the Czech Republic. In Carmen Márquez Carrasco. \textit{Spain and the Implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities}. Barcelona: Huygens Editorial, 2014, p.~159-177. Colleción LEX. ISBN~978-84-15663-30-0.

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