授業の目的 【日本語】
Goals of the Course(JPN) | | |
|
授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | Purpose and Description
This seminar will serve as a forum of students who are interested in how to pursue corporate obligations at the international fora. This course will discuss the unbalance between corporate rights protected by international investment law and corporate obligations that are provided primarily only by ‘soft law’ instruments such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. This course will also discuss international treaties that provide ‘hard’ obligations of private entities, and examines the ways how to pursue corporate obligations in the context of specific cases, and in international courts and tribunals. Participants are expected to do a presentation on a given case or scholarly article. |
|
|
到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
|
到達目標 【英語】
Objectives of the Course | | Achievement Target
Students will obtain a good understanding of the concept of corporate responsibility. Through the detailed examination of cases concerning the conduct of MNEs in developing countries, students are also expected to develop the skills to critically and constructively analyse the background, reasons, aggravating factors, and consequences of these cases. |
|
|
授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | Structure of the Course / Schedule授業の構成・計画
Unless agreed otherwise in the first session, this seminar will be structured as follows.
1. Understanding corporate responsibility (3 sessions)
This includes examination of selected chapters from the following books:
MK Anthony, Corporate Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Environmental Management: An Introduction to Theory and Practice with Case Studies (Springer)
A Crane, Corporate Social Responsibility: Readings and Cases in a Global Context (Routledge)
2. Cases concerning environmental responsibility of MNEs (5 sessions)
These sessions will examine cases concerming MNE’s environmental responsibility. The cases include: Royal Dutch Shell in Niger Delta, Chevrion/Texaco in the Amazon river (Ecuador), Union Carbide in Indian Bhopal accident
3. Cases concerning human rights responsibility of MNEs (5 sessions)
These sessions will examine cases concerning MNE’s human rights responsibility. The cases include: Rio Tinto in Papua New Guinea, Unocal in Myammer, and other US cases under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS)
4. Cases concerning MNE’s responsibility to protect labour rights (4 sessions)
These sessions will examine cases concerning MNE’s labour-related responsibility. The cases include the collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh. |
|
|
履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | There is no precondition to take this course. |
|
|
成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Presentation: 50%, Contribution to discussion: 50%.
Credit is given to C- or C (where applicable) or higher grade for each criterion. |
|
|
教科書・参考書
Textbook/Reference Book | | E Morgera, Corporate Accountability in International Environmental Law (OUP, 2009)
MK Anthony, Corporate Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Environmental Management: An Introduction to Theory and Practice with Case Studies (Springer, 2018)
A Crane, Corporate Social Responsibility: Readings and Cases in a Global Context (Routledge, 2013)
Other reading materials will be given during the course. |
|
|
課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Students are required to prepare for and make presentations on specific topics in each session. Topics will be decided on consultation with students and will be related to each student's master/doctor thesis. |
|
|
注意事項
Notice for Students | | |
|
使用言語
Language(s) for Instruction & Discussion | | |
|
授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | 対面で実施します。
Classes will be held in-person. |
|
|
遠隔授業（オンデマンド型）で行う場合の追加措置
Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
|