Tag: United Nations
Utilizing Technology to Advance Freedom of Expression
November 02, 2017
By Antoine Orard, CRB Human Rights & Business Student Lead & Full-time MBA ’19 candidate “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it…
Making the Case for Corporate Human Rights Management: Connecting Human Rights and Financial Performance
November 18, 2016
By Marissa Saretsky, Special Advisor, Human Rights & Business Initiative, Berkeley-Haas Center for Responsible Business As an increasing number of companies grapple with integrating human rights considerations into their everyday business…
Business and Human Rights: Not Just an Election Issue
August 04, 2016
By Faris Natour, Director & Lecturer, Human Rights & Business Initiative A living wage, equal pay for equal work, access to healthcare, family leave, freedom of religion, and non-discrimination: what do these issues have in common? They…
3 Ways Companies Can Improve Workers’ Lives: Lessons Learned from this Semester’s Peterson Series
May 19, 2015
By Kate Alper, CRB Program Manager The Peterson Series at the Berkeley-Haas Center for Responsible Business continues to initiate important conversations about business that extend well beyond the Berkeley campus. In February, we expanded upon…
Dow SISCA Awards $10k to Critical Agricultural Research for Developing World
January 16, 2014
By Amy Dinh, CRB Program Manager The world is facing a great food crisis, and its epicenter is in Sub-Saharan Africa. While the region is poised to have explosive population growth in the next several decades, today one-quarter of its population…