ABSTRACT

Having access to the Internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. International organizations and national governments have begun to formally recognize its importance to freedom of speech, expression and information exchange. The next step to help ensure some measure of cyber peace online may be for cybersecurity to be recognized as a human right as well. This chapter investigates the nuances of this debate and analyzes the implications of such a designation through the lens of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Ultimately, it is important to leverage an array of multidisciplinary tools from law, the social sciences and the humanities including music to promote cyber peace such as by broadening workforce development programs and looking for lessons from related areas, such as sustainability. The literature on polycentric governance is used as a lens through which to view this effort.