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John Morrison
John Morrison is the CEO of the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), a global 'think and do tank' that is best known for crafting collective action responses to complex challenges. IHRB has founded regional centres in Myanmar and Colombia, and global thematic initiatives on response recruitment, corporate benchmarks and most recently sport and human rights (www.sporthumanrights.org). John has advised a number of businesses, governments and UN agencies and currently sits on advisory councils for two UK government ministers, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and serves as an independent member of the Board Ethics and Sustainable Committee of the John Lewis Partnership. He has a background in business, social anthropology/archaeology and international law. His most recent book is the "Social License' (MacMillan). John is ranked one of the top 25 influencers in the fight against modern slavery and was once a Harkness Fellow to the USA.
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