Florian Wettstein
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Prof. Dr.
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Wettstein
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Florian
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florian.wettstein@unisg.ch
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Item type:Publication, Human Rights: A Promising Perspective for Business & Society(Sage Periodicals Press) ;Schrempf-Stirling, Judith ;Van Buren III, HarryType:journal articleJournal:Business & SocietyVolume:61Issue:5Scopus© Citations 50 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Beyond the transaction: commodity trade and sustainable development. An interdisciplinary literature review(Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships, 2026-06-10) ;Brugger F ;Carbonnier G ;Depoorter C ;Elsig MFischer FThis report takes stock of the current evidence on commodity trade and global sustainable development across the academic disciplines of law, economics, environmental, political and social sciences. Commodities represent around 33% of global trade in goods. Commodity trade links primary extraction and production with processing, manufacturing and consumption, thereby connecting distant ecologies and social realities. Commodity trade is not merely a neutral service enabling the world economy; rather, it is an integral component that actively shapes production systems, investment patterns, and global value chains. Commodity trading delivers not just materials and goods, but also economic, environmental, and social impacts − whether intentionally or not. Moreover, commodity trade sits at the fault line where geopolitics and geoeconomics increasingly converge. Trading hubs in Switzerland, the US, the UK, Singapore or Hong Kong, among others, play a key role in global commodity trading. They serve as nodes anchoring global networks of material, informational, and financial flows while competing for strategic and regulatory advantage. Public policy faces the challenge of balancing trade facilitation, supply chain resilience, and long-term sustainable development. This report takes stock of the current evidence on commodity trade and global sustainable development across the academic disciplines of law, economics, environmental, political and social sciences. It considers hard and soft commodities, as well as derivatives trading.Type:journal articleJournal:Swiss Academies ReportsVolume:21Issue:3 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Responsible Business Conduct in Commodity Trading—A Multidisciplinary Review(2024-03); ; ; ; <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Responsible business conduct (RBC)—the corporate activities and initiatives that proactively address corporate involvement in human rights, environmental, and governance threats—has become an increasingly used means to counteract and prevent adverse effects of global businesses. Unlike other business sectors whose adverse impacts and RBC efforts (or lack thereof) are well documented, a comprehensive understanding of the state of commodity trading (CT), has been missing. In response, this paper uses a multidisciplinary literature review to provide an integrative understanding of the current state of research on the relationship between CT and RBC. Based on a review of 131 articles, we advance a granular understanding of the current and prospective role of commodity traders in RBC by grouping extant research into three overarching themes: (1) industry self-regulation and co-regulatory initiatives, (2) government-led regulatory initiatives and policy responses, and (3) company-level management strategies impacting RBC practices. In addition to illustrating the themes through existing research and identifying gaps along the overarching themes, we use our literature review to suggest avenues for future research. The paper’s overarching contribution is, first, to synthesize previously fragmented findings into a coherent framework of CT and RBC. And second, to offer guidance on how scholarship in this important domain can be developed into a more mature, legitimate and practical stream of research.</jats:p>Type:journal articleJournal:Journal of Business EthicsVolume:195Scopus© Citations 6 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Moral Repair: Toward a Two-Level ConceptualizationType:journal articleJournal:Business Ethics QuarterlyScopus© Citations 15 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Betting on the Wrong (Trojan) Horse: CSR and the Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human RightsType:journal articleJournal:Business and Human Rights JournalVolume:6Issue:2Scopus© Citations 33 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Business and Human Rights(Oxford University Press, 2020-02-26); ;Santoro, Michael ;Ramasastry, AnitaSimons, PenelopeBusiness and human rights have not traditionally been addressed or theorized in close connection to each other. Rather, human rights have been seen as the exclusive domain of the state, that is, as a legal or political concept with little relevance or implication for companies. This view has changed dramatically in recent decades. There is now a broad interdisciplinary and dynamic discussion on the potential human rights responsibilities of business. While a systematic debate on the issue can be traced back at least to the mid-1990s, contributions to this debate have increased substantially in the wake of John Ruggie’s appointment as the United Nations Special Representative on Business and Human rights in 2005. This article structures this evolving debate and guides readers to the most relevant sources in the field. The debate has attracted contributions from a wide variety of disciplines and perspectives. This review is limited to contributions published in the broader management and business ethics literature and a selection of key contributions from the legal literature on the topic. Furthermore, with just a few exceptions, it includes only contributions that explicitly refer to human rights in the context of business. Articles that relate to or inform the debate on business and human rights, such as discussions on corporate social responsibility or on human rights in general, but lack the specific connection of both fields were not included.Type:journal article - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Business and Human Rights Scholarship: Past Trends and Future Directions(Cambridge University Press, 2019-07) ;Surya, Deva ;Ramasastry, Anita ;Santoro, Michael A.Type:journal articleJournal:Business and Human Rights JournalVolume:4Issue:2Scopus© Citations 24 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, International business and human rights: A research agenda(Journal of World Business, 2019); ;Giuliani, Elisa ;Santangelo, Grazia D.Stahl, Günter K.The discussion on business responsibilities for human rights is thriving – although, surprisingly, predominantly outside of the International Business (IB) field. This article introduces business and human rights (BHR) as a research area with great potential for IB scholars. IB scholarship has much to offer when it comes to better understanding the relation between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and human rights. BHR, on the other hand, is a field that can no longer be ignored by IB research if the field is to remain at the forefront of scholarship in globalization-related issues concerning MNEs. Therefore, this perspective article aims at providing guidance to IB scholars interested in engaging in BHR research by tracing common themes and overlaps, and outlining a research agenda that addresses some of the research gaps and open questions in both fields.Type:journal articleVolume:54Issue:1Scopus© Citations 181 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Human Rights and International Business Research: A Call for Studying Emerging Market MultinationalsElisa Giuliani, Grazia D. Santangelo, and Florian Wettstein invite internationalbusiness scholars to study emerging market multinationals from the perspective oftheir human rights impact. Human rights is a new challenging issue in corporatesocial responsibility research, yet so far international business scholars have largelyoverlooked their role in the quality of work, access to water, and education inmarkets they operate. The perspective continues the leadership by Professor AnneTsui, the founder ofManagement and Organization Review, in calling for a study ofmultinationals as part of global governance affecting people’s lives.Type:journal articleJournal:Management and Organization ReviewVolume:12Issue:3Scopus© Citations 25 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Beyond Guilty Verdicts: Human Rights Litigation and its Impact on Corporations' Human Rights PoliciesDuring the last years there has been an increasing discussion on the role of business in human rights violations and an increase in human rights litigation against companies. The result of human rights litigation has been rather disillusioning because no corporation has been found guilty and most cases have been dismissed. We argue that it may nevertheless be a useful instrument for the advancement of the business and human rights agenda. We examine the determinants of successful human rights litigation in terms of judicial, educational, and regulatory effects. This article reviews more than forty corporate foreign direct liability cases and their effects on corporate human rights policies and conduct. The review shows that most corporations adjusted their human rights policies and adopted additional measures to cope with human rights issues during or shortly after the legal proceedings. Opening legal channels for human rights litigation may be one way for governments to incentivize firms to respect human rights. These findings have implications for the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as well as on our interpretation of the most recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kiobel v. Shell.Type:journal articleJournal:Journal of Business EthicsVolume:145Issue:3Scopus© Citations 85