Annual Report 2014 2) Spreading a Culture of Human Rights in Company Management Since the 1990s, with the growing number, and influence, of multinational corporations in the wake of globalization, human rights violations by companies have been high on the agenda of the international community. In response, international organizations, including the UN and the OECD, began to seek various measures such as the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to prevent human rights violations by companies. The NHRCK, on its part, designated “Spreading a Culture of Human Rights in Company Management” as its featured project in the Three-Year Plan for the Promotion of Human Rights (2012~2014). In 2014, the Commission pushed forward with the targets of creating social consensus in regards to business and human rights as well as establishing the legal and institutional foundation to integrate human rights in business. In January 2014, the NHRCK distributed the Guidelines and Checklists on Human Rights Management which was developed and has been updated since 2012, to public corporations, semi-public organizations, and 300 listed companies. Later, on September 30, the Commission recommended to the presidents of 30 public corporations and 87 semi-public organizations that they develop improved measures reflecting the Guidelines and using the Checklist in business management with the aim of encouraging the public sector to take the lead in developing human rights-integrated management. In addition, the Commission expressed its opinion on the draft enforcement decree of “the Act on Compensation and Support for Surrounding Areas of Power Transmission and Distribution Facilities” in May and conducted a number of research studies including the survey on the current status of human rights management at SMEs and policy improvement measures, a study to develop evaluation benchmarks for best practices in human rights management, the translation of The Guide to Human Rights 18 ▪▪▪ Part I. Introduction