Derechos humanos y empresas: Senderos para la investigación sobre teoría y práctica

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2020.43710

Palabras clave:

derechos humanos, negocios, empresas, trabajo, responsabilidad

Resumen

El propósito de este artículo es ofrecer un análisis temático de la producción científica sobre Derechos Humanos y Empresas, tomando como punto de partida los trabajos de mayor impacto publicados desde 2000 hasta 2019, disponibles en la base de datos de Web of Science (WoS). Los resultados muestran que los artículos seleccionados analizados em la literatura abordan tres temas: las primeras iniciativas y preguntas sobre derechos humanos; la aproximación de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa a las Empresas y los Derechos Humanos; y prácticas comerciales comunes para abstenerse de responsabilidades. En cuanto a los caminos a seguir, señalamos: la delimitación del alcance de las responsabilidades corporativas; compromisos morales, políticos y legales de las corporaciones; apalancamiento; due diligence; nuevo tratado de derechos humanos.

Biografía del autor/a

Rodolfo Ferreira Maritan, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

Licenciado en Administración de Empresas por la Universidad Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), 2018.

Estudiante de Maestría en Administración en la línea de Sociedad, Desarrollo y Regionalidad por el Programa de Postgrado en Administración (PPGA) de la Facultad de Administración y Negocios (FAGEN) de la Universidad Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

Cíntia Rodrigues de Oliveira Medeiros, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

Doutora em Administração pela Fundação Getulio Vargas - EAESP - linha de pesquisa Estudos Organizacionais, Bolsista Produtividade CNPq Nível II. Visiting Fellow na Faculty of Business and Law da Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (2008). Mestrado em Administração pelo Centro Universitário de Franca (2002). Pós-doutorado em Administração na FGV/EAESP, pesquisando métodos visuais em Estudos Organizacionais. Professora Ajunta IV dos cursos de Graduação e Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Gestão e Negócios da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia e Líder do Grupo de Estudos em Culturas, Organizações e Sociedade. Editora Associada Científica da Revista de Administração de Empresas (RAE), Membro do Comitê Científico da divisão de EOR (2018-2020), Membro do Conselho Editorial da RIGS, e integrou o Coletivo Editorial da RBEO no período de 2015 a 2017. Interesses de pesquisa em Estudos Organizacionais, priorizando os temas gênero, cultura e poder, discursos organizacionais, crimes corporativos e o lado sombrio das organizações, com aporte teórico das tradições pós, em pesquisas de natureza qualitativa, com foco em pesquisas online, na sociologia e antropologia visual.

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2020-06-01

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Maritan, R. F., & Medeiros, C. R. de O. (2020). Derechos humanos y empresas: Senderos para la investigación sobre teoría y práctica. Contextus – Revista Contemporánea De Economía Y Gestión, 18, 67–80. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2020.43710

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