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Corporate social responsibility and joint venture governance—the forgotten issues
The Journal of World Energy Law & Business ( IF 0.403 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 , DOI: 10.1093/jwelb/jwab030
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Abstract
Corporate social responsibility is moving from a ‘soft law’ phase when international companies are expected to develop and follow voluntary codes of good practice on issues such as human rights, modern slavery, environmental protection and climate change, and into a phase of ‘hard law’ and enforceable duties of care. This article looks ahead to the issues that such new laws will create for unincorporated joint ventures in the oil and gas sector. The legislation will intentionally get around the principle of corporate separateness with the result that every joint venture participant, the operator and their respective parent companies will have a greater or lesser duty of care to check for and eliminate the same abuses. Will the legislation allow the joint venture participants to rely upon the operator to fulfil those duties for them and how will liability cascade if the duty of care is breached? And what of the state’s liability if it also had an obligation not to cause, or to eliminate, the abuses which the joint venture failed to spot and/or remediate? Can the joint venture seek a contribution from the state?These Guiding Principles are grounded in recognition of:(a) States’ existing obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights and fundamental freedoms;(b) The role of business enterprises as specialized organs of society performing specialized functions, required to comply with all applicable laws and to respect human rights;(c) The need for rights and obligations to be matched to appropriate and effective remedies when breached.‘Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights—Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework’


中文翻译:

企业社会责任和合资企业治理——被遗忘的问题

摘要
企业社会责任正在从“软法”阶段转变为“硬法”阶段,即国际公司在人权、现代奴隶制、环境保护和气候变化等问题上制定并遵循自愿的良好实践准则'和可执行的注意义务。本文展望了此类新法律将为石油和天然气行业的非法人合资企业带来的问题。该立法将有意绕过公司分离原则,结果是每个合资企业参与者、运营商及其各自的母公司都将有或多或少的注意义务来检查和消除同样的滥用行为。立法是否允许合资企业参与者依赖运营商为他们履行这些职责,如果违反注意义务,责任将如何级联?如果国家也有义务不造成或消除合资企业未能发现和/或补救的滥用行为,那么国家的责任又是什么?合资企业能否向国家寻求贡献?这些指导原则的基础是承认:(a) 国家尊重、保护和实现人权和基本自由的现有义务;(b) 工商企业作为专门机构的作用社会履行专门职能,必须遵守所有适用的法律和尊重人权;(c) 权利和义务在违反时需要与适当和有效的补救措施相匹配。
更新日期:2021-08-01
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