Finding a Story:
Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/business-and-human-rights/page.do?id=1011004
EI News- Business & Human Rights
http://humanrights.einnews.com/category/business-and-human-rights
Investigating the corporation:
Annual Reports & Securities Disclosures
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml See also other administrative agency publications:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html
Business Journals
http://www.library.pitt.edu/articles/database_info/bus_src.html
Examining the human rights issue:
International Human Rights Organizations
have information about concepts.
http://library.duke.edu/research/subject/guides/ngo_guide/ngo_links/rights.html
example:
http://www.ilo.org/global/Themes/lang–en/index.htm
International Development Agencies
have information about projects
http://www.proposalwriter.com/international.html
Example: http://www.eldis.org
Social Science Journals
have analysis of human rights failures
http://www.library.pitt.edu/articles/database_info/sociofile.html
Policy papers
examine government involvement
http://www.library.pitt.edu/articles/database_info/pais.html
Analyzing the legal responsibilities:
Background
Legal Trac journal index
http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodId=LT&userGroupName=upitt_main
BNA legal newsletters and reports
(White collar crime, labor law, environmental law, employment discrimination, privacy & security…)
http://www.law.pitt.edu/library/bna
U.S. State & Federal Law
Case Reports -Using Digests, see the list of key #s within the topic of corporations.
Use annotated codes to locate articles and cases associated with statutes.
International Law
Link to treaties and prominent Web sites
http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=120689456&cat=778&t=sub_pages
UN Special Representative on Corporations and Human Rights
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Gettingstarted/UNSpecialRepresentative
Corporate Legal Accountability Portal
http://www.business-humanrights.org/microsites/Portal/Home
Potential research questions:
How can the law change to make this particular corporate behavior illegal?
At what levels of jurisdiction can this behavior be prosecuted and how do the potential enforcements relate to each other?
What is wrong with existing legal theories that have attempted to punish this corporate behavior?
Library Call #s
K 3240 Human Rights
HD 2741 & K 1300s Int. Corporate Governance
K 3580s Int. Environmental Law
KZ 238 Amer. Int. Law Cases
KF 1400s U.S. Tort Law
Movies
provide inspiration, context, and other stimulation as you think about how to organize, limit, and present your research.
<Corruption
Crooked E:
The Un-shredded Truth About Enron
Michael Clayton
The Insider
< Labor
Norma Rae
North Country
Blood Diamond
Stolen Childhoods
< Environment
Erin Brockovich
A Civil Action
The Day the Earth Stood Still
< Social Welfare
Syriana
Maquilopolis- City of Factories
The Take
< Health
The Constant Gardener
Thank You for Smoking
Sweet Remedy
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