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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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
Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50601 Political science
Country of publisher Spain
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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
Tags International impact
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Hubert Smekal, Ph.D., učo 21778. Changed: 22/12/2014 18:41.
Abstract
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.
Abstract (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.
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