Human Rights and the Ethics of Globalization

Informationen zum Autor Daniel E. Lee is Professor of Ethics and director of the Center for the Study of Ethics at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Hope Is Where We Least Expect to Find It (1993), Generations and the Challenge of Justice (1996), Navigating Right and Wrong (2002) and Freedom vs Intervention (2005). He has also published op-ed pieces in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers and is a published poet and author of fiction. Elizabeth J. Lee is Assistant Federal Public Defender in Houston, Texas. She received her JD from Northwestern University School of Law and served as a clerk at the Center for International Human Rights there. She also clerked for Arizona Supreme Court Justice Michael D. Ryan and has published an article in the Global Studies Journal. Klappentext A balanced, thoughtful discussion of the globalization of the economy and the ethical considerations it has prompted. Zusammenfassung A balanced! thoughtful discussion of the globalization of the economy and the ethical considerations inherent in the many changes it has prompted. Using four specific case studies! the book provides a comprehensive discussion of how to enforce global compliance with basic human rights standards in a global economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue; Part I. Philosophical Foundations: 1. Defining human rights in a coherent manner; 2. Near neighbors, distant neighbors and the ethics of globalization; 3. Ethical guidelines for business in an age of globalization; Part II. Practical Applications: 4. Human rights and the ethics of investment in China; 5. Liberia and Firestone: a case study; 6. Free trade, fair trade, and coffee farmers in Ethiopia; 7. Maquiladoras: exploitation, economic opportunity or both?; Part III. The Challenge of Enforcement: 8. Possibilities and problems; 9. Human rights, US multinational corporations and the Alien Tort Claims Act; Epilogue....

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• Authors: Daniel E Lee, Daniel E. Lee, Daniel E. Lee Lee, Elizabeth Lee, Elizabeth J Lee, Elizabeth J. Lee, Lee Daniel E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2010
• EAN: 9780521519335
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51933-5
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Business ethics & social responsibility, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Business ethics and social responsibility, Human rights, civil rights