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Podcast on Recent Legal Developments in the Field of Corporate Social Responsibility

February 18, 2011 By Gare A. Smith

Categories: Human Rights , Conflict Minerals , Legislation , Regulation , Securities and Exchange Commission , Alien Tort Statute , Litigation , What is CSR?

Last week, Sarah Altschuller was interviewed on Capital Thinking, an internet radio program on VoiceAmerica Business Network. During the interview, she addressed several recent legal developments in the field of corporate social responsibility, including the Dodd-Frank provisions on conflict minerals and disclosure of payments to governments, as well as the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act. She also discussed the Draft Guiding Principles recently released by the U.N. Special Representative on Business and Human Rights. A podcast of the interview is available here (.mp3).