MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Six Ways Companies Can Promote and Protect Human Rights

In responding to a government’s human rights abuses, companies have effective options beyond standing by or cutting ties.

The much-vaunted 2019 public listing of Saudi Aramco set a record for the world’s biggest initial public offering. But it was likely a disappointing affair for its architect, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: The stock saw only tepid demand outside the region. That it failed to gain the level of global enthusiasm and support he had been seeking was due in no small part to investor wariness of Aramco’s close ties to the Saudi regime and the country’s appalling record on human rights.