19 Aug 2026
Human Rights is Our Business
By Impact Business School
This guide, developed by Impact Business School, helps businesses understand and apply human rights law in everyday practice. It offers a practical starting point for turning values like fairness and dignity into everyday business decisions.
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This guide, developed by Impact Business School helps businesses translate a commitment to people and community into clear, practical human rights practice. Many organisations already work toward fairer workplaces and inclusive employment, but can find it unclear which laws apply or what compliance actually looks like day to day.
The guide aims to help readers understand key Australian human rights laws, spot where issues might appear across their workplace, operations or supply chains, and build policies and behaviours that support safety, dignity and fairness. It moves beyond compliance towards embedding human rights into everyday decisions, using plain language, reflection questions, video stories, case studies and practical tools.
It's useful for anyone running or working in a business who wants a clear, realistic starting point for putting human rights into everyday practice.
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WebinarsThis webinar, marking World Human Rights Day, explores the role of human rights in business. Featuring sector leaders and advocates, it shares insights on the importance of embedding safety, dignity, fairness and inclusion into everyday business operations. It outlines Australia’s current human rights framework, and highlights opportunities for social enterprises to lead rights-respecting business practices.
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