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World Service,28 Jan 2011,18 mins

Business and human rights

Business Daily

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Will new UN guidelines deter companies from abusing human rights? Lesley Curwen talks to John Ruggie, the United Nations special representative for business and human rights who has drafted the guidelines. He admits the task sometimes feels 'overwhelming'. Plus, why managers should think like creative artists, according to Jamie Anderson, Professor of Strategy with the L'Orange Institute and Antwerp Management School. And Paul Eisenstein reports from Detroit on the struggle of US car-makers to re-create their glory days.

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