Mänskliga rättigheter som påverkas av global handel : en studie av svenska universitetsstudenters syn på globalt ansvarstagande
(2014) MRSK61 20141Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- This study treats Swedish university students view on responsibility for human rights that are affected badly by the global trading environment. Human rights can no longer be seen as a local matter between the state and the individual, as globalization, technology and new ways to communicate has given the world tools to both contributing to the violation and the promotion of human rights globally. This study is carried out by conducting two focus group interviews, as well as a web survey that are limited to the case of the textile industry in Bangladesh and the human rights of the factory workers. The study aims to answer the question which operator Swedish university students think are foremost responsible for respecting, protecting and... (More)
- This study treats Swedish university students view on responsibility for human rights that are affected badly by the global trading environment. Human rights can no longer be seen as a local matter between the state and the individual, as globalization, technology and new ways to communicate has given the world tools to both contributing to the violation and the promotion of human rights globally. This study is carried out by conducting two focus group interviews, as well as a web survey that are limited to the case of the textile industry in Bangladesh and the human rights of the factory workers. The study aims to answer the question which operator Swedish university students think are foremost responsible for respecting, protecting and fulfilling the factory workers human rights, and why that is. The theoretical framework builds on professor Iris Marion Young’s theory that all actors, whose actions affect other people’s ability to act, have a responsibility to act in a way that does not affect human rights badly. Florian Wattstein builds the theory that the society in large are responsible for fulfilling all other people’s human rights, but only the actors who have the capacity and capital large enough to make a change have a duty to carry it out. The conclusion of the study is that the students foremost think that multinational corporations are responsible for the factory workers human rights, mainly for the reason that they have the capital, power and ability to make a change for the better. (Less)
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- author
- Edfeldt, Amanda LU
- supervisor
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- Olof Beckman LU
- Andreas Tullberg LU
- organization
- course
- MRSK61 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4609945
- date added to LUP
- 2014-10-14 16:50:30
- date last changed
- 2014-10-14 16:50:30
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abstract = {{This study treats Swedish university students view on responsibility for human rights that are affected badly by the global trading environment. Human rights can no longer be seen as a local matter between the state and the individual, as globalization, technology and new ways to communicate has given the world tools to both contributing to the violation and the promotion of human rights globally. This study is carried out by conducting two focus group interviews, as well as a web survey that are limited to the case of the textile industry in Bangladesh and the human rights of the factory workers. The study aims to answer the question which operator Swedish university students think are foremost responsible for respecting, protecting and fulfilling the factory workers human rights, and why that is. The theoretical framework builds on professor Iris Marion Young’s theory that all actors, whose actions affect other people’s ability to act, have a responsibility to act in a way that does not affect human rights badly. Florian Wattstein builds the theory that the society in large are responsible for fulfilling all other people’s human rights, but only the actors who have the capacity and capital large enough to make a change have a duty to carry it out. The conclusion of the study is that the students foremost think that multinational corporations are responsible for the factory workers human rights, mainly for the reason that they have the capital, power and ability to make a change for the better.}},
author = {{Edfeldt, Amanda}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Mänskliga rättigheter som påverkas av global handel : en studie av svenska universitetsstudenters syn på globalt ansvarstagande}},
year = {{2014}},
}