National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea
related persons; and did final evaluation work.
The Report includes policy proposals on the following: i) the content
of business and human rights; ii) international trends on business and
human rights; iii) the role of the state for business and human rights,
and public sector human rights policies; iv) corporate respect of Korean
business enterprises for human rights, v) the action plans and basic
directions for corporate respect for human rights.
Details of the policy proposals are as follows:
(1) Change of awareness of corporate respect for human rights
and its institutionalization: The government is asked to take
the lead in advocating the value of corporate respect for
human rights to encourage business enterprises to have
enhanced awareness of business and human rights.
(2) Reflection of corporate respect for human rights on public
supply service: The government and public sector entities are
asked to reflect the business and human rights indices of
supplying companies in the public procurement process.
(3) Publication and implementation of the guidelines for business
and human rights: The government is asked to include business
and human rights in the criteria for evaluating public
enterprises, and to make public a report on business and
human rights.
(4) Reflection of business and human rights in the criteria for
selecting investment items of public pensions and funds: The
public pensions and funds are asked to make business and
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