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Assessing whether Behavior Change Training can Improve Relationships Between Supervisors and Workers

Preview | Business Model Red Flags
This is the final list of Business Model Red Flags that we will be publishing in 2021. Below, you will also find two Red Flags in their final form, as a preview of what the resources will look like.



Adding Human Rights to the Shopping Cart
Examining whether nudges can shift consumer online shopping behavior and improve working conditions for couriers.

Applying Leadership and Governance Indicators of Rights-Respecting Culture
This note sets out Shift’s key take-aways from a series of single-stakeholder consultations we organized between July and August 2020, as part of the Valuing Respect Project.

Applying Indicators of Business Model Red Flags
This note sets out Shift’s key take-aways from a series of single-stakeholder consultations we organized between July and and August 2020, as part of the Valuing Respect Project.

Leadership & Governance Indicators of a Rights-Respecting Culture (Beta)
This resource provides a menu of indicators of leadership and governance that help evaluate a company’s progress towards building a rights-respecting culture.

Business Model Red Flags (BETA)
This resource is a work in progress as part of Shift’s Valuing Respect project. It provides a non-exhaustive menu of business model features that carry inherent human rights risks. It aims to help companies, investors and others foster sustainable business models that can be economically successful without exacerbating inequalities.



The Problem with How we Measure Business Respect for Human Rights
The Problem with How we Measure Business Respect for Human Rights

The Current Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Reporting in Southeast Asia
The Current Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Reporting in Southeast Asia

The Use of Metrics in Human Rights Reporting in the Food and Beverage Sector
The Current Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Reporting in the Food and Beverage Sector

The Current Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Reporting South Africa
The Current Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Reporting South Africa

The Use of Metrics in Human Rights Disclosure in the Extractives and Oil Equipment Sector
The Current Use of Metrics in Human Rights Disclosure in the Extractives and Oil Equipment Sector

The Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Disclosure in the ICT Sector
The Current Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Disclosure in the ICT Sector

Developing Red Flag Indicators of Human Rights Risks in Business Models
Developing Red Flag Indicators of Human Rights Risks in Business Models

The Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Reporting in Poland
The Current Use of Metrics in Company Human Rights Reporting in Poland

Evaluating Business Respect for Human Rights: A Theory of Change Methodology to Develop Meaningful Indicators
Evaluating Business Respect for Human Rights: A Theory of Change Methodology to Develop Meaningful Indicators

Stakeholder Voice: Learning from Affected Stakeholders to Better Evaluate Program Effectiveness and Outcomes
Stakeholder Voice: Learning from Affected Stakeholders to Better Evaluate Program Effectiveness and Outcomes

Expert Roundtable on Business, Human Rights and Behavioral Science: A Summary Report
Expert Roundtable on Business, Human Rights and Behavioral Science: A Summary Report

Business and Human Rights Meets Behavioral Science: A Background Note
Business and Human Rights Meets Behavioral Science: A Background Note

Expert Roundtable on Business, Human Rights and Accounting: A Summary Report
Expert Roundtable on Business, Human Rights and Accounting: A Summary Report

Rights-Respecting Corporate Culture: Cultural Norms & Values that Underpin Business Respect for Human Rights
Rights-Respecting Corporate Culture: Identifying the Cultural Norms and Values that Underpin Business Respect for Human Rights

General Takeaways from 2018 Valuing Respect Multi-Stakeholder Consultations
General Takeaways from 2018 Valuing Respect Multi-Stakeholder Consultations


Engaging Affected Stakeholders: Evaluating the Quality of Processes for Company-Community Engagement
Engaging Affected Stakeholders: Evaluating the Quality of Processes for Company-Community Engagement


Discussion Paper #1 Evaluating Business Respect for Human Rights: Towards a Shared Way of Thinking
Discussion Paper #1 Evaluating Business Respect for Human Rights: Towards a Shared Way of Thinking

Viewing the Valuing Respect Project through the Lagging v. Leading Indicator Lens
Viewing the Valuing Respect Project through the Lagging v. Leading Indicator Lens

Evaluating Human Rights Performance
Evaluating Human Rights Performance: The Role of ESG Ratings, Indices and Benchmarks

