Perceptions of Justice and the Human Rights Protect, Respect, and Remedy Framework

Human rights declarations are instruments used to introduce universal standards of ethics. The UN’s Protect, Respect, and Remedy Framework intends to provide guidance for corporate behavior in regard to human rights. This article by oikos PhD fellow Jordi Vives and Matt Murphy (University of Victoria, Canada) applies concepts from the field of organizational justice to the arena of business and human rights for the purpose of operationalizing the UN Framework.

Get access to the article here!

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10551-013-1821-0

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posted August 23, 2013

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oikos Newsletter August 2013

We are kicking-off August in style with the launch of our new and improved website, registration for the upcoming oikos FutureLab & oikos Winter School and Call for Cases for our Case Writing Competition (together with Ashoka). oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy is just around the corner together with a panel discussion for our alumni. If this is not enough intellectual stimulation, then join our Student Reporters or simply follow our coverage on topics ranging from philosophy in the board room to Robin Hood of modern investment banking. And finally, spend 30 seconds with Thomas Dyllick, who wears multiple “sustainability” hats at the University of St. Gallen.

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posted August 8, 2013

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Why Social Entrepreneurship Aid is Putting Asia on the Shelf

Why hasn’t impact investing taken off in China & Southeast Asia? An analysis of key cultural, demographic and perceptual factors could explain why North American and European firms are hesitant to enter the industry. …»

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posted August 5, 2013

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oikos Turns Water Pollutants into Compost

We are thrilled to introduce the first project of our newly established oikos chapter in Pune. The i-GREEN initiative, which aims to clean rivers in the region, has already brought positive outcomes.

People of Hindu religion worship the God by giving flowers as a gesture of offering the purest in mankind. They are busy and engrossed in their daily routine to give a thought to “What after the flowers are offered? What happens to these flowers once they dry off?”; The fact is, it finds its place either in a garbage bin or in a local water body/ river. Today, there are roughly 108,000 temples in India and the number keeps increasing day by day. In a city like Pune 16 tonnes of flowers are dumped every day and often end up in local rivers. It reduces the oxygen level in water, results in siltation and damages fauna and flora. Effects of this can be tracked down to disturbing in the whole food chain and significant decrease of the water quality.

oikos Pune “i-GREEN” has come up with a win-win solution. The i-GREEN vermicomposting project takes the input – disposed flowers (offered in the temples) which pollute the nearby rivers and delivers the output – nutritious vermicompost  which is used to pamper the plants growth. The whole process starts by collecting the flowers, which have dried off from temples. Flowers are sorted out and manure is mixed. Later, earthworms are added in this mixture and they start consuming the flowers. After several days, when the process is finished, the outcome is nutritious compost, which can be used instead of chemical fertilisers. The project delivered two positive outcomes:

1) It addressed the water pollution problem in the region through converting the pollutants (waste) into the compost (useful product).

2) It can ensure the nutritious plant growth 100% naturally and protect humans from chemical fertilizers, which are often used in agriculture and cause severe damages.

For more information, contact the oikos Pune team at info@oikos-pune.org

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posted August 4, 2013

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