ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the some main foundational issues concerning corporate obligations and socio-economic rights. It examines the notion of investment while stressing the role of foreign direct investment. The chapter analyzes how globalization and investment impact the role of the socio-economic environment and how they can be reconciled with the human dignity and equality. Globalization is thus a process of doing away with national borders in economic, educational, cultural and other fields, allowing the more or less free exchange of goods and services and in particular facilitating connections between different parts of the world economy. Globalization facilitates access to information and information technology. Foreign investment is one tool any state can use to embark on large infrastructure projects, increase economic growth and development and provide more generous welfare to its population. Human dignity has been difficult to identify in specific cases as it differs from society to society.
