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2.11.2004 ET
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What's The Point of Corporate Responsibility? To Be Debated at the Ethical Corporation Europe 2004 Conference On May 11-12
(CSRwire) London, UK - The Ethical Corporation Europe 2004 conference will
take place on May 11-12, 2004 in London and this year will debate the hot
button issues in corporate responsibility. The Ethical Corporation Europe
conference is Europe's largest Corporate Responsibility conference and
takes place in central London every year.
The conference is now in its 3rd year and since 2002 has been attended by
more than five hundred senior managers, journalists, NGOS and other
speakers from a variety of top global companies and leading
organisations.
In 2004 the theme is a topical and divisive one: "What's the point
of corporate responsibility?"
The event this year, through interactive debate, Q and small discussion
groups, will tackle issues such as:
Plenary session:- What makes a responsible corporate
leader?
- What should the role of business in society really be? - how does CR
change that?
- Corporate responsibility: Is there really a business case?
- Regulation: The need for sensible debate
- Litigation risk: Are you sitting on time bomb?
- Investors: How to attract and retain their money
- Future issues and risks - what are people going to be worried about
next?
Breakout sessions and discussion groups
on:- Supplier Engagement Worker Conditions
- Is NGO engagement worth it?
- Materiality and non-financial reporting
- Human Rights the UN Norms
- Auditing the supply chain and who should pay
- That's enough codes! - Practical tips on wading through the quagmire
of codes and standards
- Reputation Trust in brands
- Limits to responsibilities
- How can Foreign Direct Investment trigger sustainable development?
- Practical management of core issues: learning by doing
- Engaging consumers - external communications beyond reporting
- Employee communications on ethical issues
Confirmed Speakers so
far include:
Timberland Corporation, Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Swartz
Levi Strauss, Vice President, Codes of Conduct, Patrick Neyts
Deborah Leipziger, Author, The Corporate Responsibility Code Book
HypoVereinsBank, Head of Reporting, Kaevan Gazdar
Marks Spencer, Sustainable Development Manager, Mike Barry
Business in the Community, Development Director, and Ethical
Corporation
columnist, Mallen Baker
TNT Express, Director, Corporate Sustainability Environmental
Management, Bob Allen-Turl
The Hewlett-Packard Company sponsors the conference.
To view more details on the conference, visit:
www.ethicalcorp.com/europe2004
For more information on sponsoring, attending or speaking at this
conference contact:
Tobias Webb
Editor
Ethical Corporation magazine
7-9 Fashion St, London E1 6PX
+44 (0) 207 375 7561
editor@ethicalcorp.com
http://www.ethicalcorporation.com
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