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25 May 2017, 5:46 pm
What We Can Learn from the Rana Plaza Factory Building Collapse Larry Catá Backer*Abstract: In 2013, over a thousand workers were killed when the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Bangladesh, one housing several garment factories producing goods for global consumer markets. [read post]
18 May 2017, 1:58 pm
Larry Catá Backer is Professor of Law and International Affairs at Penn State University. [read post]
18 May 2017, 12:06 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)Sponsored by the Utrecht Center for Accountability and and Liability Law (UCALL), the upcoming conference, Accountability and International Business Operations: Providing Justice for Corporate Violations of Human Rights, Labor and Environmental Standards, as its name suggests, brings together a great group of individuals to consider one of the most dynamic areas of law and policy today--the normative and methodological… [read post]
12 May 2017, 12:45 pm
Shaping a Global Law for Business Enterprises: Framing Principles and the Promise of a Comprehensive Treaty on Business and Human Rights Larry Catá Backer† I. [read post]
10 May 2017, 6:06 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I am pleased to let those interested know that I have posted a draft of my essay, "Sovereign Wealth Funds, Capacity Building, Development, and Governance. [read post]
6 May 2017, 8:08 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)My friend Karin Buhmann, Professor, Dr.scient.adm. [read post]
5 May 2017, 6:55 am
By LARRY CATÁ BACKER.Re-posting of the four essays follows below. [read post]
2 May 2017, 5:46 am
The research and drafting of this booklet is supervised and supported by Larry Catá Backer (白 轲) a director of the Coalition for Peace & Ethics (“CPE”), an independent organization founded in 2006, which engages and promotes the production and dissemination of knowledge that is meant to empower people to take control of their lives for personal and societal betterment in ways that are respectful to individuals and the… [read post]
1 May 2017, 1:00 pm
(Pix Larry Catá Backer 2017)By Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/RES/32/31 (20 July 2016) E F S A C R) the High Commissioner was requested to prepare a Report:. . . [read post]
29 Apr 2017, 6:34 pm
Larry Catá Backer Globalization has proven to be a double-edged sword. [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 2:27 pm
Those reflections are followed by a bio of Dean Shen Wei.Reflections on Shen Wei: "One Belt One Road Initiative and Beyond in the Context of (Anti-) Globalization" Larry Catá Backer (白 轲)Dean Shen Wei first noted that what seemed like a straightforward question, on the OBOR initiative, actually serves as a nexus point for a more complex series of issues around which China is shaping its macro-economic policies. [read post]
23 Apr 2017, 8:41 am
Penn State University, University Park, PA April 21, 2017.Larry Catá Backer (Professor, Penn State University)I have been tasked with the great responsibility of closing this excellent conference. [read post]
19 Apr 2017, 2:33 pm
Moderator: Larry Catá BackerCoffee Break (3:20-3:35pm)Panel 3 (3:35-5:35pm)The Rise of New Societal Orders and Global Supply Chains, Labor and Investment MarketsPanelists:Larry Catá Backer(Professor, Penn State University): The Privatization of GovernanceNichlas Rowland (Professor, Penn State University) & Matthew Jon Spaniol (Professor, Roskilde University):Futures for China: Results from Pre-conference Scenario Planning… [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 1:26 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I have just posted a preliminary draft of an article that is currently entitled The Corporate Social Responsibilities of Financial Institutions for the Conduct of their Borrowers: The View from International Law and Standards. [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 5:27 am
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11 Apr 2017, 3:01 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) I will be teaching a course on Corporate Social Responsibility. [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 7:47 am
Central Planning Versus Markets Marxism: Their Differences and Consequences for the International Ordering of State, Law, Politics, and Economy Larry Catá Backer ABSTRACT Two theories of Marxist state organization have been developing recently, each pointing in quite distinct ways to the organization of society, the state, government and the role of the vanguard Party. [read post]
4 Apr 2017, 6:54 am
--> 中国将取代美国在国际贸易中的地位——白轲教授采访 受访者：Larry Catá… [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 2:46 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)It is my great privilege to have been encouraged to design and hold a week long embedded course program through Pennsylvania State University. [read post]
2 Apr 2017, 8:49 pm
(Pix Larry Catñá Backer 2017) Our time in Cuba ended on Sunday, 12 March, when the group returned home to the U.S. [read post]
