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See also the following sections of this website:

• Conferences
• Training managers & employees
• Business schools: Human rights in the curriculum?
• Getting started: 24 items to read for an introduction

Websites:

{···español} Cursos, Seminarios, Talleres y Postgrados (EcoPortal.net)

Environmental distance learning course (National Centre for Business & Sustainability [UK])

Environmental Ethics Syllabus Project: Information about courses in environmental philosophy and environmental ethics (International Society for Environmental Ethics)

• Environmental Ethics Syllabus Project [list of courses]

Human Rights Syllabi for the College Classroom [a collection of syllabi used in human rights courses in a number of universities] (Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley)

Law, Globalization and the Multinational Enterprise [course syllabus] (Professor Anita Ramasastry, University of Washington School of Law)

Social Responsibility Training: ISEA-Accredited Foundation Course in Social & Ethical Accounting, Auditing & Reporting (National Centre for Business & Sustainability [UK], in partnership with Manchester Business School)

Summer Session, Environmental Law Center, Vermont Law School, USA

Supercourse: Health and Environment in Sustainable Development (Dr Hiko Tamashiro, Office of Global and Integrated Environmental Health, World Health Organization)

Transnational business and international human rights [course syllabus], Fall 2001 Syllabus, Columbia University School of Management, taught by Elliot J. Schrage & Anthony Ewing -...This course examines the impact on transnational business practices of international conventions and U.S. human rights laws and of public pressure for compliance with the standards they promote. (Elliot J. Schrage & Anthony Ewing, Columbia University School of Management, Fall 2001) [on the "Curriculum" page, scroll down to "Management B8799-007 Transnational business and international human rights"; the syllabus can be downloaded in pdf format there]

Virtual University [online courses on sustainable development]: The WBCSD offers you two introduction courses built around the topics Sustainable Development and Scenarios, the Global Scenario Challenge and the Sustainable Business Challenge. (World Business Council for Sustainable Development)

Other materials:

2003:

Business and Human Rights in Practice: Build your understanding of the relationship between human rights and business. This workshop explores the practical business application of international human rights standards. Next dates: 12th-14th March 2003 and 30th April 2003 (New Academy of Business)

2002:

World Bank Institute and University of Michigan Business School E-Conference Program on "Business, Democracy and Peace" - October 7 - November 1, 2002 -...This e-conference introduces the argument that businesses may have significant contributions to sustainable peace. (World Bank and University of Michigan Business School, 7 Oct.-1 Nov. 2002)

International training seminar - "The use of National Contact Points (NCP) of the OECD Guidelines to Multinational Enterprises" - 23-25 January 2003 - Germany (IRENE & Friends of The Earth/Netherlands) [added to this website on 26 Sep. 2002]

course: CSR Trainings - Human Rights Trainings - Shenzhen, China - Two-Day Workshop on Labor Practices and CSR - Shenzhen, China, October 24-25, 2002: This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn effective ways to: build better factory management systems, and strengthen compliance with codes of conduct and legal requirements on issues including: wages, and working hours; health and safety; child labor; forced labor; and other labor issues. (Business for Social Responsibility)  

course: CSR Trainings - Human Rights Trainings - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Two-Day Workshop on Labor Practices and CSR - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, September 24-25, 2002: This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn effective ways to: build better factory management systems, and strengthen compliance with codes of conduct and legal requirements on issues including: wages, and working hours; health and safety; child labor; forced labor; and other labor issues. (Business for Social Responsibility) 

Business and Human Rights in Practice course:..Business and Human Rights in Practice has been developed by the New Academy of Business in association with the AIUK Business Group. (Human Rights & Business Matters, Amnesty International UK Business Group Newsletter no. 6, autumn/winter 2002) 

Seminar: Transnational Business and Human Rights - Ewing, Schrage - This course examines the impact on transnational business practices of international conventions and U.S. human rights laws and of public pressure for compliance with the standards they promote. (Columbia Law School, 2002-2003)

course: Biotechnology: Legal and Ethical Considerations, 8-18 July 2002, Vermont Law School, USA 

course: Business and Human Rights in Practice -...Business and Human Rights In Practice is provided by the New Academy of Business with the support of the Amnesty International UK Business Group. This course aims to develop the capacity of companies to implement human rights commitments within the scope of their business. It is a hands-on practitioner’s course - reflected in its design and the use of a ‘workplace’ project. (New Academy of Business, 19 –21 June 2002 or 2-4 October 2002, UK)

SIT Organizational Management Courses - Social Accountability:  Coursework examines best-practices in organizations that manage to the triple bottom line of financial, social, and environmental accountability, focusing on the relevance of social accountability in light of today's global conflicts. On-campus phase: June 10 - June 14, 2002 Online phase: June 16 - August 11, 2002 (SIT - School for International Training)

course (including syllabus): Environmentally Benign Manufacturing (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spring 2002)

Whose Business? A Handbook on Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights and the Environment -...Produced primarily for use by North American educators, students, and activists...The central theme of this handbook is that the institutions and regulatory frameworks now governing the global economy have not adequately protected human rights, the environment, and labor rights. (California Global Corporate Accountability Project, Mar. 2002)

2001:

Transnational business and international human rights [course syllabus], Fall 2001 Syllabus, Columbia University School of Management, taught by Elliot J. Schrage & Anthony Ewing -...This course examines the impact on transnational business practices of international conventions and U.S. human rights laws and of public pressure for compliance with the standards they promote. (Elliot J. Schrage & Anthony Ewing, Columbia University School of Management, Fall 2001) [on the "Curriculum" page, scroll down to "Management B8799-007 Transnational business and international human rights"; the syllabus can be downloaded in pdf format there]

course: Human Health & Global Environmental Change: A multi-disciplinary course designed to meet the demand for a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between human health and the global environment for future physicians, policy-makers and public health experts (Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, Fall Courses 2001)