the presence of mechanisms to safeguard and protect natural resources on the part of Governments ( > the level of (any) connivance by the business sector in a country in violat ing human rights, in a broad sense, providing a concrete and immediate measurement of the level of caution to adopt in approaching the coun try without incurring damage to the company image and/or entering into disputes with local communities and the authorities responsible for protecting such rights (6 social indicators); > the presence and frequency of endogenous and/or exogenous practices and factors that are widespread in a country’s business environment and which can promote/hinder ethical conduct by the companies which op erate there, providing a measure of the level of (any) complicity of the business world in violating human rights or in accessing remedies and, so, of the need to put in place mitigating and precautionary measures aimed at protecting the company from involvement in these mecha nisms (5 governance indicators).