Menu4/11/17: Lise Smit, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), explains a recent shift in corporate thinking about human rights. According to her post on the FCPA Blog, corporate counsel is now pushing for “… more proactive knowledge-gathering and transparency.” Why? Smit offers four solid reasons. Among them is the integration of the UN Guiding Principles into “… binding law through regulation, case law and industry standards.” A second reason: “not knowing” cannot protect a company from liability.
