1. The early's: the corporate-power's-early-fears (the chartered-abuses (the anti-slavery's- company-faces (the "the-East-India-lore"))); the 1970s'-debates (the UN-Code-of-Conduct-on- TNCs (the 1970s'-negotiations (the failed (the NIEO-era (the exam's-first-attempt))))));
2. The CSR-era (the 1990s'): the voluntary's-turn (the shell-and-the-sweatshop-campaigns (the Nike-and-the-others (the consumer-pressure (the codes (the Global-Compact-2000 (the ten- principles (the compact's-soft (the exam's-CSR-core)))))); the CSR's-definition (the voluntary- beyond-profit (the philanthropy-and-the-reputation (the marketing-adjacent (the critique: the CS-theRhetoric (the "the-selective-goodness")))));
3. The BHR's-breakthrough (the 2000s-2011): the Norms-2003 (the Sub-Commission's-draft (the obligations-on-companies (the rejected (the states-no (the lesson (the exam's-Norms- story))))); the Ruggie-mandate-2005 (the Special-Representative (the framework-2008 (the Protect-Respect-Remedy (the three-pillars (the exam's-frame))))); the UNGPs-2011 (the Guiding-Principles (the 31-principles (the unanimous-HRC (the endorsed (the Ruggie's-architect (the consensus-built (the exam's-milestone)))))))));
4. The CSR-vs-BHR (the exam's-distinction): the voluntary-vs-the-expected (the charity-vs- the-responsibility (the optional-vs-the-dutiful (the marketing-vs-the-rights (the company's- choice-vs-the-victim's-claim (the table (the convergence (the ESG-era-merging (the distinction- softening (the honest-current))))))))
5. The post-2011: the hard-law's-return (the binding-treaty-negotiations (the 2014-HRC (the chairs' drafts (the still-negotiating (the exam's-current)))); the mandatory-HRDD (the French- Duty-of-Vigilance-2017 (the EU-CSDDD-2024 (the directive's-scope (the mandatory-turn (the exam's-trend))))));