# In an in-depth interview, Professor Michael Posner discusses the progress and areas for improvement of human rights globally

1 Faculty News September 22, 2015 ![Stanford Political Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Stanford-Political-Journal_logo.jpg?itok=fcHc3RQL)>

Excerpt from [Stanford Political Journal](http://stanfordpolitics.com/2015/09/michael-posner/) -- "We have to push governments to behave better and to protect their people. On a parallel track, companies need to move away from a policing model where they conduct random spot-check audits of some of their factories.They do this as a kind of risk mitigation and sometimes as a public relations gesture to say ‘we’re doing something,’ and move to a more holistic look at how do we actually get at the problem."

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