Literature Review: International Business and Human Rights Research

This literature review examines the article "International business and human rights: A research agenda" by Wettstein et al. (2019). The review highlights the article's introduction of Business and Human Rights (BHR) as a crucial research area within international business. It emphasizes the significance of BHR for understanding the relationship between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and human rights, especially concerning human resource management. The review notes the article's call for future research to address the implications of globalization on organizational practices and the importance of considering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The review also highlights the strengths of the article, which include emphasizing the importance of proper human resource management and its relevance to the international market. The article suggests BHR research helps in understanding political issues and provides an agenda for future researchers. The review concludes by acknowledging the article's contribution to the field by laying stress on the importance of human resources and its impact on the performance of the organization.

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Review of: International business and human rights: A research agenda by Florian
Wettstein, Elisa Giuliani, Grazia D. Santangelo and Gunter K. Stahl
Wettstein et al. (2019) in the article entitled “International business and human rights: A
research agenda” attempted an introduction of business and human rights or the BHR as a
research area. The article suggests that the recognition of the BHR as one of the major research
areas that have a great amount benefits for the people who have been dealing with the
International Business. The article states that the international business offers a huge lot of
exposure to the people who aim to study the relationship that exists among the enterprises that
operate in a multinational background. The article further discusses the fact that the realm of
human rights is not avoidable for the people who have been researching on the developments and
the trends that are being followed by within the arena of international business. The human
resource management of an organization is one of the major areas that need to be handled by the
companies in order to deal with the issues that are related to the globalization of the industry
(McCorquodale et al. 2017). The article in discussion thus attempts to put forth a clear agenda
for the future researchers who would be taking up further researches in the realm of human
resource management in terms of the international business activities.
The authors of the article attempt to put forth a proper review of the issues that are
majorly observed in terms of the development of the organizational practices in terms of the
management of the human resources within the organization. The authors of the article lay major
stress on the importance of the research on the human resource management in the background
of international business (Wettstein et al. 2019). The implementation of the researches in the
development of the human resources within the international business helps in the identification
of the areas that need to be highlighted in the future researches (Hsieh 2017). This in turn would

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help the business firms develop a better policy for the development of the human resource
department and thus present an overall improvement in the organizational performance.
The major strengths of the article lie in the fact that the article highlights the importance
of the proper maintenance of the human resources. The discipline of business and human
resource management is observed to be one of the major factors that need to be shed light on in
order to take better care of the changes that are being experienced by the concerned business
organizations within the international market (Dentoni, Bitzer and Schouten 2018). The authors
further argue on the fact that the researches on the field of BHR often lead to the better
understanding of the political issues that are prevalent in the given market. The given article
however fails to discuss in detail the consequences of dealing with the research on the small and
medium sized enterprises that are active in the various local and global markets present all over
the world.

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Hsieh, N.H., 2017. Business Responsibilities for Human Rights: A Commentary on
Arnold. Business and Human Rights Journal, 2(2), pp.297-309.
McCorquodale, R., Lise, S.M.I.T., Neely, S. and Brooks, R., 2017. Human Rights Due Diligence
in Law and Practice: Good Practices and Challenges for Business Enterprises §. Business and
Human Rights Journal, 2(2), pp.195-224.
Wettstein, F., Giuliani, E., Santangelo, G.D. and Stahl, G.K., 2019. International business and
human rights: A research agenda. Journal of World Business, 54(1), pp.54-65.