Impactt MENA on the conference circuit in Dubai

With the Dubai Centre for Responsible Business’s ‘Responsible Business Dialogue’ on Monday, the UAE Ministry of Labour’s ‘Labour and Human Rights Conference‘ on Tuesday and the ‘GCC Leadership Summit on Labour Management‘ on Wednesday, it has been a busy week for Impactt MENA!
As you will have seen from our blogs of the past few [...]

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‘Global Retailers, Global Responsibilities: Towards a New Research Agenda’ Conference

Impactt attended a fascinating conference last week entitled ‘Global Retailers Global Responsibilities’. The conference sought to develop a new research agenda on the theme of retail transnational corporations and the corporate responsibility initiatives that cover their overseas operations. It brought together a wide variety of stakeholders working in the area of CSR including: academics, [...]

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Corporate Complicity could be leading to Legal Liability – could this apply to gross human rights abuses in supply chains?

The International Commission of Jurists, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the legal promotion and protection of human rights and the rule of law, publish their findings on a 2 year study on Corporate Complicity and Legal Accountability for gross human rights abuses this week.
The study looks at corporate ‘complicity’ in the actions of a [...]

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