Businesses and Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities

In Businesses and Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Alan Gutterman provides a compelling and timely roadmap for how businesses of all sizes and sectors can actively promote and protect the human rights of persons with disabilities. Drawing on principles from international human rights law, corporate social responsibility, and disability justice, the book moves beyond compliance and charity to make the ethical, legal, and business case for full inclusion. This work offers a comprehensive guide for business leaders who are ready to embed disability inclusion into their organizational culture and operations. Gutterman outlines how companies can identify and dismantle ableism within their own practices, design inclusive workplaces, and become influential allies in broader societal change. The book is organized thematically to provide business leaders with both foundational understanding and practical strategies in chapter crossing a wide spectrum of disability inclusion efforts including organizational culture, supporting women with disabilities, workplace inclusion and accessibility, combatting ableism, market opportunities and inclusive innovation, community engagement and social impact, public policy and crisis preparedness and benchmarking and reporting. Together, these chapters show how businesses can transform themselves into engines of equity and innovation, fully aligned with the human rights of persons with disabilities. Ultimately, Businesses and Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities argues that true disability inclusion is not only a moral and legal imperative but also a driver of long-term business sustainability and community resilience. Gutterman calls on business leaders to take bold and measurable steps to affirm the dignity, potential, and rights of over one billion people worldwide who live with disabilities.