Details

Faculty	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
Domain	Economics
Code	UE-EEP.00127
Languages	English
Type of lesson	Lecture
Level	Master
Semester	SA-2019

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Monday , Cours bloc (Autumn semester)
Hours per week	2

Teaching

Teachers	Umlas Elizabeth
Description	The course seeks to provide a solid grounding in business and human rights as an emerging and rapidly developing field. Students should be able to apply key concepts learned to practical, real-life examples, and to understand current and evolving debates around corporate responsibility to respect human rights. The first part of the course introduces the field of business and human rights (why human rights matter to business; the state of the international debate on corporate responsibility to respect human rights; the evolution of the UN framework and Guiding Principles on business and human rights) and presents an overview of measures and mechanisms through which stakeholders might hold business accountable for this responsibility (legal mechanisms; multi-stakeholder initiatives; civil society organization campaigns; shareholder activism; corporate reporting; emerging international standards). The second part takes a more sectoral/thematic approach, focusing on several areas that pose particularly difficult human rights challenges for companies (extractive industries; supply chain labor standards; operating in conflict areas), examining key issues in these areas and exploring how companies, civil society organizations, governments and other stakeholders have sought to address these. The course concludes with a brief survey of emerging topics in business and human rights as well as potential new business models (e.g. “benefit corporations”) and their implications for corporate responsibility to respect human rights.
Training objectives	Provide a solid grounding in the emerging field of business and human rights, and enable students to apply key concepts learned to practical, real-life examples of companies and their stakeholders facing challenges in this area
Softskills	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No

Oral exam

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Rattrapage / Re-assessment Examination time: 15 Min.

Evaluation continue et examen oral - SA-2019, Session d'hiver 2020

Assessments methods

By rating

Descriptions of Exams

Examination time: 15 Min. Les notes finales seront basées sur une épreuve orale (80% de la note finale) mais qui tient compte aussi dans une petite mesure d'autres éléments (20%). Pour être autorisé à passer l'examen, les étudiants doivent assister à au moins 4 des 7 sessions de ce cours. Final grades will be based on an oral exam (80% of the final grade) but a small percentage of the final grade will be based on other elements (20%). To be permitted to take the final exam, students must attend at least 4 out of the 7 sessions of this course.