Human Rights Education in China
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Human rights workshop in Shanghai
A human rights workshop on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights was held in China, a market that represents massive sales volumes for Hitachi and is home to many Group companies.
In August 2012, we invited Dr. Liang Xiaohui from the Peking University Law School to lead the workshop for Hitachi Group CSR officers in China. Around 50 officers participated from 30 Group companies, addressing the topic of companies and human rights in a global environment. They specifically learned about what human rights are, the impact companies have on human rights, the UN Guiding Principles and what Hitachi can do. Comments from participants included, "I realized that human rights was an issue closely related to daily business operation," and "Hearing about incidents at other companies, I was inspired to make sure that those incidents would not happen here at Hitachi." In February 2013, a similar CSR workshop was held for Hitachi Group CSR officers in Hong Kong. The speaker was Dr. Surya Deva from the City University of Hong Kong, and the workshop was attended by 14 officers from 13 Group companies.