Business and Human Rights

  • Klaus M. Leisinger

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Corporate Social Responsibility Precautionary Principle Business Enterprise Corporate Citizenship Global Reporting Initiative 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Klaus M. Leisinger
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  1. 1.CEO of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development and Professor foUniversity of BaselSwitzerland

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