BY John Ruggie Professor John Ruggie is the Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights and the author of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. He is the Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and the Chair of Shift. UNGP Reporting Framework: Generating Transformative Change Published February 24, 2015 The author of the UN Guiding Principles, Prof. John Ruggie, reflects on the "transformative nature" of the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework.