Full Disclosure

Full Disclosure is Catalyst's major project for 2011. We have published all the papers and other relevant materials in this section. More papers will be released throughout the year so watch this space.

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Human Rights at Work

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"International human rights standards have traditionally been the responsibility of governments, aimed at regulating relations between the state and individuals or groups. As the influence and reach of companies has grown, there is a developing concensus that human rights are also applicable to private bodies" CLAUDE FUSSLER 2004

Despite strong evidence that respect for worker rights is favourable to company profits and productivity, most Australian firms are poor performers in applying international standards in the workplace. This paper draws on the findings of a pioneering report on labour standards reporting in some of our biggest and most powerful companies.

The research was conducted by expert consultancy Banarra Consulting, who were commissioned by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Mining and Energy Division to review labour standards reporting in Australian firms. The full report 2010 Labour Practices in Sustainability Reporting (Banarra Review) was launched in March 2011.

This paper is not intended to present a definitive version of the comprehensive Banarra Review. Rather we present key findings as part of Catalyst's Full Disclosure series looking at corporate power and influence.

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"Unfortunately, with CEOs currently so focussed on annual results, the short-term cost saving involved with casualising a workforce is often hard to pass up" GED KEARNEY, ACTU PRESIDENT 2010

Hardcopies of the paper are available - contact us to order your copies.