8.16.2004 ET

(CSRwire) Hong Kong -- The Ethical Corporation Asia conference taking place in Hong Kong on October 14-15 will be opened by Dr Edgar Cheng, Vice Chairman, Council for Sustainable Development and Former Chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange presenting a keynote on the topic of 'How should Asia respond to Corporate Responsibility'.

This event is already gaining a high level of interest from large Corporations, NGO's, Government and CSR thought-leaders. Attendees are coming from China, Japan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines to debate the important topic of how to manage corporate responsibility in Asia.

Keynote speakers also include; Gordon Jones, Company's Registrar for the Hong Kong Government, Dusty Kidd, VP Global Compliance for Nike and Margaret Leung, Global Co-Head, Commercial Banking Business, HSBC. They will be joined on this impressive speaking programme by Joseph Wong the president for Du Pont China as well as senior executives from; Nestle Philippines, Timberland Asia, Tata Motors, GlaxoSmithKline, Shell Hong Kong, MTR Corporation, adidas Salomon, Titan Industries, Asian Development Bank, Hewlett Packard, and Disney.

Topics to be discussed over the 2 days include: What the Government can do to enable responsible companies, the case for NGO engagement and accountability, the business case for communicating ethical standards to employees, how non-financial reporting is evolving in Asia, the benefits of community engagement, building internal anti-corruption systems and more...

The full conference information and conference brochure can be accessed at:
http://www.ethicalcorp.com/asia2004

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