National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea
communication channels such as grievance procedures, and the lack of supervision
by diplomatic office or KOTRA in host countries and debated about effective ways
to address human rights violations perpetrated by Korean companies overseas.
■ 1st and 2nd Human Rights Management Forum in 2014
The Commission hosted the 1st and 2nd Human Rights Management Forum in 2014
to identify corporate social responsibility-oriented management at SMEs, create social
consensus on human rights management, and establish objectives and action plans,
thereby presenting ways that SMEs can voluntarily implement corporate social
responsibility.
At the 1st Human Rights Management Forum on June 11, a range of issues were
discussed including the scope and cases of corporate social responsibility management
at SMEs, differences between big companies and SMEs, challenges at SMEs in
implementing corporate social responsibility, ways to encourage SMEs to operate their
businesses with social responsibility, having feasible objectives and prioritizing
implementing corporate social responsibility in the objectives, and ways to achieve
these objectives.
The 2nd Human Rights Management Forum was held on November 25 in partnership
with Sogang University. At the Forum, the outcomes of survey on the current status
of human rights management at SMEs were presented and related institutional
improvement measures were discussed. It is notable that policy improvement options
were developed by reviewing the practices and challenges of human rights management
at SMEs in the Namdong Industrial Complex in Incheon.
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