Business strategy as human rights risk: the case of private equity

In this article, we apply the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to the private equity (PE) business model. PE firms often adopt a controversial, ‘value extractive’, business model based on high debt and extreme cost-cutting to generate investor returns. PE firms own large numbers of...

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Authors: Birchall, David (Author) ; Bernaz, Nadia 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Human rights review
Year: 2023, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-23
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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