A recently released follow-up study from the BRAC University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Development in Dhaka, confirms the NYU Stern Center’s findings. Using a similar methodology that combines analysis of several online databases and field research the BRAC University Center found over 8,000 garment factories in Bangladesh.
Read MoreInspired by the keynote speaker at the 2016 NYU Social Impact Symposium; Dalila Wilson-Scott, Head of Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and president of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation; Kimberly Rodriguez shares the value of incorporating CSR into a company's core business operations.
Read MoreAs we continue to become increasingly aware of the effects of modern farming practices it is inevitable that the commercialization of agriculture will remain a heavily contested topic, and rightly so.
Read MoreIn the last few weeks a number of significant legal developments have taken place that should make companies sit up and take stock of their human rights and labor rights obligations in their supply chains.
Read MoreThe Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 is the latest in a string of recent domestic legislative acts and ruling aimed at holding corporations accountable for their entire supply chains, not just their own employees or direct operations. Read more about this key piece of legislation for the global fight against human trafficking, forced labor, and the worst forms of child labor.
Read MoreMike Posner interviewed Strive Masiyiwa, founder of Econet Wireless, as part of NYU Stern's MBA orientation program, LAUNCH. He reflected on how business leaders not only can, but are using the power of business to create value for society.
Read MoreOver the last two decades the free-on-board price, an innocuous trade term, has become an epithet uttered with increasing distaste and venom by manufacturers, and the further down the supply chain you go, the greater the distaste. Why?
Read MoreThe FOB (free on board) price of apparel paid by brands and retailers to their suppliers has been falling for over a decade. Signs of prices firming up should provide a little comfort down the supply chain, but will it?
Read MoreThe United States rarely makes labor rights a deciding factor when determining trade policy, but Bangladesh is proving to be an exception.
Read MoreNicole Kenny, rising NYU Stern MBA, shares her experience to launch a social impact strategy for Peet Rivko, a new luxury skin care line.
Read MoreSince it launched in March 2013, the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights remains the first-ever human rights center based at a business school. Since then, the Center has worked to advance a "pro-business, high standards" model for business and human rights. We believe in the power of business to create positive change in society. We also believe that companies in the same sector should abide by common standards for human rights.
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