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Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility

Funder, Maximilian LU (2025) SOLM02 20251
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract
The recently adopted Norwegian Transparency Act obliges companies under the scope of the law to safeguard human rights and decent working conditions in their respective supply chain and publish annually reports about their efforts. This legislation aligns with the current trend of Western governments to regulate Western companies’ business conduct in the global supply chain by transitioning from voluntary soft law regimes to mandatory hard law regimes. Ultimately, the Norwegian Transparency Act is a product of the discourse on Corporate Social Responsibility.
By conducting a thematic analysis, this thesis analyzes Norwegian Transparency Act reports to extract the self-defined reality of companies under the scope of the Norwegian... (More)
The recently adopted Norwegian Transparency Act obliges companies under the scope of the law to safeguard human rights and decent working conditions in their respective supply chain and publish annually reports about their efforts. This legislation aligns with the current trend of Western governments to regulate Western companies’ business conduct in the global supply chain by transitioning from voluntary soft law regimes to mandatory hard law regimes. Ultimately, the Norwegian Transparency Act is a product of the discourse on Corporate Social Responsibility.
By conducting a thematic analysis, this thesis analyzes Norwegian Transparency Act reports to extract the self-defined reality of companies under the scope of the Norwegian Transparency Act. Relying theoretically on Derrida’s deconstructive approach, the self-defined reality of companies under the scope of the Norwegian Transparency Act is deconstructed to critically dissect the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility in the form of the Norwegian Transparency Act. In the end, this thesis argues that the Norwegian Transparency Act feeds into existing power imbalances between Western companies and their suppliers. Furthermore, the companies utilize the obligations of the Norwegian Transparency Act to promote their reputation and to legitimize the participation in the harmful global supply chain. This thesis calls for more pressing obligations to achieve the purpose of the Norwegian Transparency Act and other Corporate Social Responsibility legislation. (Less)
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author
Funder, Maximilian LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Deconstructing The Self-Defined Reality of Companies Under the Scope of the Norwegian Transparency Act
course
SOLM02 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Norwegian Transparency Act, NTA, Norwegian Transparency Act reports, NTAreports, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, deconstruction, supply chain law, human rights, decent working conditions
language
English
id
9213044
date added to LUP
2025-10-07 17:55:21
date last changed
2025-10-07 17:55:21
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  abstract     = {{The recently adopted Norwegian Transparency Act obliges companies under the scope of the law to safeguard human rights and decent working conditions in their respective supply chain and publish annually reports about their efforts. This legislation aligns with the current trend of Western governments to regulate Western companies’ business conduct in the global supply chain by transitioning from voluntary soft law regimes to mandatory hard law regimes. Ultimately, the Norwegian Transparency Act is a product of the discourse on Corporate Social Responsibility.
By conducting a thematic analysis, this thesis analyzes Norwegian Transparency Act reports to extract the self-defined reality of companies under the scope of the Norwegian Transparency Act. Relying theoretically on Derrida’s deconstructive approach, the self-defined reality of companies under the scope of the Norwegian Transparency Act is deconstructed to critically dissect the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility in the form of the Norwegian Transparency Act. In the end, this thesis argues that the Norwegian Transparency Act feeds into existing power imbalances between Western companies and their suppliers. Furthermore, the companies utilize the obligations of the Norwegian Transparency Act to promote their reputation and to legitimize the participation in the harmful global supply chain. This thesis calls for more pressing obligations to achieve the purpose of the Norwegian Transparency Act and other Corporate Social Responsibility legislation.}},
  author       = {{Funder, Maximilian}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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