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LG Electronics adopts human rights principles: Know-why

LG Electronics has announced that they have adopted human rights principles in their organisation, aiming at preventing the human rights violations within both the company and its network of contractors.

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LG Electronics, a South Korean giant which is leading the consumer electronics market with a range of devices worldwide has reportedly said that it has adopted human rights principles. The move has been taken to avoid human rights violations within the company as well as its contracted companies. 

In an official statement, The company said that LG Electronics has reportedly integrated existing human rights-related rules and strengthened them in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), Yonhap news agency reported.

The human rights principles result in the banning of discrimination, forced labour, harassment and child labour at workplaces, while stipulating violations in working hours, welfare benefits and wages, as well as artificial intelligence ethics in the work workplaces.

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