Foreword

• Author: Rebecca M.M. Wallace
• Profession: Professor of International Human Rights Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
• Pages: 21-22

Rebecca M.M. Wallace: Professor of International Human Rights Aberdeen Business School Robert Gordon University Aberdeen

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High profile cases such as Bhopal and Unocal attract extensive international media attention. Pictures of sweat shops and accusations of child labour have permeated the person in the street's consciousness via television and the press. In the wake of such have come calls demanding corporate social responsibility while the consumer is regaled with Fair Trade banners. The impact which multi national companies may make on everyday life is underscored by such instances and responses.

The topography of the international scene has changed markedly over the last fifty years and the economic power wielded by many a multi national company rivals and exceeds that of many a state. Increased economic power provides a political bargaining tool which gives the multi...