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Pillar II. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Removing the effects of loss or damage [pages 36-37] The Government of the Czech Republic recommends that businesses who, even if only hypothetically, could encounter human rights risk should have procedures in place in case their operations cause human rights loss. The aim should be to find a…
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Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Non-financial reporting [pages 21-22] Implements Principle 3d Reporting on the activities of large companies works to the benefit not only of business partners and shareholders, but also other stakeholders. With this in mind, companies are increasingly reporting not only on their financial position, but so on the non-financial…
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Pillar II. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Transparent consultation of matters of general interest [page 39] If a business is preparing a major project that could be linked – even if only potentially – with human rights risks, open communication with all stakeholder groups is recommended. Negotiations should be guided by the following principles: They…
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Pillar II. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Due Diligence [pages 35-36] The Government of the Czech Republic recommends that businesses consider introducing an internal due diligence mechanism to spot and eliminate human rights risks, or incorporate human rights risks – as another evaluation criterion – into their existing due diligence mechanisms. The term “due diligence”…
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Pillar II. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Commitment [pages 32-34] A business faced with risks of human rights violations in its operations should make it publicly clear, in the first place, that it is aware of those risks and is ready to tackle them. This respect for human rights is expressed outwardly by a publicly…
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Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect and dissemination of existing documents, education and awareness-raising [pages 9-11] GP 2, 3c and 8 Increasing attention is paid to the theme of business and human rights in recent years. Many countries, international organisations and universities have produced numerous documents, model professional and theme-based codes of conduct, examples…
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Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Trade in military equipment [pages 18-20] Implements Principles 5, 6 and 7 Trade in military equipment is one of the riskier sectors from the perspective of human rights. While the manufacture of military equipment and arms is a traditional segment of Czech industry, these are goods that are…
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Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Supply chain and conflict minerals [pages 21-22] Implements Principles 6 and 7 Increasing attention is being paid to safety conditions at work (e.g. the use of slave and child labour in mining). Risks of this type are particularly serious in areas plagued by armed conflict, which can be…
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Pillar I. state duty to protect Protection of social service clients [pages 15-16] Implements Principle 5 States often delegate the performance of some of their tasks to private entities, though this does not relieve them of their human rights commitments. In fact, they must find ways of meeting their human rights duties even in these…
