Business and Human Rights

Description

This course provides a better appreciation of the nature of human rights violations that can be linked to corporate activity, regardless of corporate intent. The course does this by examining the ethical and legal standards, duties, and expectations of companies.

Focus will be on the dilemmas of operating in a space where local standards and rules may vary from and sometimes contradict global standards or policies. Furthermore, the course will explore emerging initiatives in order to deal with human rights and business, and assess the effectiveness of voluntary corporate codes of conduct.

This course is organized by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) and the Rafto Foundation, in co-operation with the Department of Comparative Politics.

https://www.ihrb.org/
www.rafto.no

Instruction

Part-time course with three sessions from Friday to Sunday at the University of Bergen.
The sessions will be a mixture of lectures, seminars, group presentations and role play.
Participation in working on and presenting a group presentation is mandatory.

Schedule autumn 2019:

September 20 - 22
November 01 - 03
November 22 - 24

Hours:
Fridays and Saturdays from 10 AM to 5 PM
Sundays from 10 AM to 4 PM

Exam paper to be submitted by Monday, December 23 at 12.00 AM.

Assessment

Take-home exam of not more than 4500 words, to be submitted within a month after it has been handed out.

Grading scale A-F.

Admission requirements

Bachelor degree or the equivalent. In addition, you must have a minimum of 2 years relevant work experience. Each application will be considered individually.