management practices.
G. International Case Study on Corporate Cultures Reflecting Respect to Human Rights
The study was commissioned to the industry-academia cooperation unit of Kyunghee
University by the Commission in an effort to propose improvement measures for its
objectives and policies by examining practices and authorities over business and human
rights of national human rights commissions of leading countries.
In addition to the UN policy framework that rests on three core pillars: i) state duty to
protect against human rights abuses by third parties, including business enterprises, ii)
corporate responsibility to respect all human rights, and iii) greater access by victims to
effective remedy, the research also highlights human rights initiatives of multinational
agencies such as ILO and International Organization for Standardization(ISO) and human
rights commissions and corporations of other countries. By presenting detailed examples of
other countries’ corporate laws and policies, the research attempts to shed light on the
future course of actions need to be taken in respect to enterprises and human rights.
The examples of corporate culture that embody human rights will be used to serve as
basis for the Report on Business and Human Rights and shared at various international and
intercontinental conferences and international seminars and hearings held in Korea, raise
the public’s awareness of corporate culture that represent respect to human rights, reinforce
understanding of and support for the Commission’s activities, and offer insights on policy
proposals and cooperative measures with national human rights commissions and
international organizations including the UN.
H. On-site research on
Culture and Sports
Non-regular Workers in Specialized Industries such as
The Commission conducted a survey of non-regular workers in specialized industries
such as culture, arts, and sports in conjunction with the Wonjin Institute for Occupational
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