1. To what extent are MNEs practicing corporate social responsibility
2. What responsibilities do MNEs have for human rights? What are the levels of complicity? What should they do to ensure they are not compliant with human rights violations?
3. Judging the ME by their own practices versus the practices of the supply chain.
4. Motivations, strategies and effectiveness in greening campaigns? Consumer interests and the concerns about "greenwashing" or "bluewashing" How do companies profit from their environmental practices, or turning green in gold?
5. when does the responsibility move from the government to the corporation? is it fair? or should the government take care of all negative externalities.
6. why is important to distinguish labor rights and human rights? How would MN's take advantage of this if we didn't distinguish these two issues apart?
7. Remedies for human rights violations and civil cases-ATCA and its weakening and building other mechanisms to pursue these cases
8. Fair Trade initiatives--niche vs movement