Annual Report 2013 B. Spreading the Culture of Business and Human Rights Since the 1990's, with the growing number and influence of multinational corporations in the wake of globalization, human rights violations by companies have been on top of the agenda in the international community. In response, international organizations including the United Nations and the OECD began to seek various measures including, for instance, guidelines to prevent business enterprises from violating human rights. The NHRCK, on its part, designated Spreading Human Rights Culture in Business Management as its featured project in its 2012-2014 Action Plan for the Promotion of Human Rights. In this regard, the Commission put forward with the targets for the year 2013 including creating social rapport with regard to corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and establishing the legal and institutional foundation for respecting human rights by corporate management. The NHRCK published, in March 2013, A Report on Business and Human Rights as an effort to promote the corporate awareness of human rights in the environment and to seek for desirable policy alternatives of government. The efforts of the Commission reached further to the hosting of a forum on business and human rights for the experts of all walks of life and business executives to widely spread the importance of business and human rights across the board and to promote the corporate awareness of human rights. In addition, the Commission encouraged business enterprises to check up on their compliance with human rights management standards by developing 20 ▪▪▪ Part I. Introduction