Child labour and oil spills grabbed the headlines when corporate responsibility first came to prominence in the mid-1990s. Since then the subject has both widened and deepened, spreading to all business sectors and exposing a rash of issues which often burst on to the scene with little warning.
Some of these issues are sector-specific, some generic: human rights is relevant for any company operating in countries with dubious regimes; financial exclusion is clearly only an issue for banks and insurers.
