Uncovering Economic Complicity: Explaining State-Led Human Rights Abuses in the Corporate Context

Olsen, Tricia D.; Bernal-Bermúdez, Laura

doi:10.1007/s10551-022-05280-1

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“…This is, in part, one of the benefits of parastatal formations to political and economic elites. Olsen and Bernal-Bermúdez similarly describe this phenomenon as a form of economic complicity, when the state, either through direct action of its security forces or widespread impunity, contributes human rights abuses in a corporation's "sphere of influence" (Olsen and Bernal-Bermúdez 2022) .…”

Section: Parastatal Formations Ppps Pmcs and Pscsmentioning

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State for Hire: Corporate-state security contracts in extractive zones

Gillooly,

Shenk

2024

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Activists and NGOs have long accused extractive companies and state security forces of colluding to suppress opposition to extractive projects, often via means of violence, sabotage, or repression around the world. Evidence of this practice, however, is harder to come by. This article investigates these linkages directly, using original data of contracts signed between various branches of the Colombian armed forces and judiciary bodies with extractive companies around issues of security. In its essence, these contracts allow private companies to contract out sectors or branches of the Colombian government to protect private installations or project infrastructure throughout the country. Our data sheds light on these specter-like agreements, and proves that the relationship between state forces and private companies can and are formalized. This allows us to directly observe what types of conditions might make their presence more probable and explore potential effects.

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Section: Parastatal Formations Ppps Pmcs and Pscsmentioning

confidence: 99%

State for Hire: Corporate-state security contracts in extractive zones

Gillooly,

Shenk

2024

Preprint

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“…One way to think about this issue is considering whether business behaviors can have harmful effects to background conditions that make wars and other forms of violence, climate change, environmental degradation, poverty, and other drivers of refugee crises more likely. Furthermore, in the same way that businesses can be complicit in human rights violations (Olsen & Bernal-Bermúdez, 2022; Wettstein, 2012), it is possible for them to be complicit in the actions of states that lead to refugee crises. Business culpability for refugee crises is, of course, context specific, and many businesses would not have any complicity at all.…”

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Conceptualizing, Theorizing, and Measuring the Contributions of Business to Refugee Crises

Van Buren,

Karam,

Newman

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Business & Society

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Value‐enhancing drivers of corporate governance in improving human rights due diligence: Worldwide evidence

Torelli,

Fiandrino,

Scarpa

2024

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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The study aims to investigate the role of corporate governance in driving effective human rights due diligence (HRDD) practises. The study tests the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on HRDD on an international sample of 509 listed companies operating in high‐risk sectors included in the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark. Our findings show the positive effect of corporate governance on HRDD, suggesting that committed corporate governance, especially sustainability committee and board diversity, improves the effectiveness of HRDD carried out by companies. Our study contributes to the literature by providing insights into enhancement‐based drivers of corporate governance, which positively impact HRDD. This research also has practical implications for companies because it can help them enhance their HRDD by establishing a sustainability committee or supporting gender diversity within the board. This research addresses social and policy implications considering the European directive on corporate sustainability due diligence directive (CSDDD), which mandates HRDD for large EU and non‐EU companies.

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Uncovering Economic Complicity: Explaining State-Led Human Rights Abuses in the Corporate Context

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

State for Hire: Corporate-state security contracts in extractive zones

State for Hire: Corporate-state security contracts in extractive zones

Conceptualizing, Theorizing, and Measuring the Contributions of Business to Refugee Crises

Value‐enhancing drivers of corporate governance in improving human rights due diligence: Worldwide evidence

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