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Annual Conference on Corporate Citizenship Announces Keynote Speakers
Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt among keynoters at Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College event March 26-28 in Orlando
(CSRwire) CHESTNUT HILL - Steven D. Levitt, economist and co-author of the
best-seller Freakonomics, will be the lead keynote speaker at the annual
International Corporate Citizenship Conference to be held March 26-28,
2006 in Orlando, FL at the Peabody Hotel.
Other keynote speakers at the conference, sponsored by The Center for
Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, include Jeff Swartz, CEO and
President, Timberland; Julius Walls, Jr., CEO and President, Greyston
Bakery; Nicholas M. Donofrio, Executive Vice President, Innovation and
Technology, IBM; and John V. Murphy, Chairman, President, and CEO of
OppenheimerFunds. The conference is expected to attract 400 business
professionals.
The conference is titled If Corporate Citizenship is the Answer, What is
the Question? and will focus on business strategy, best practices, and
trends related to the role that companies play in society.
The two and a half day conference features 16 learning sessions that
explore topics such as:
Rethinking Stakeholder Engagement in an Increasingly Complex World
Making Corporate Citizenship Real: Strategies and Systems for
Integration
Managing Corporate Community Involvement Globally
How Corporations Engage with Youth in Solving Key Social Issues
The Changing Social Contract and Corporate Community Involvement
What Sustainability Really Means for Business Transformation
Defining Performance Excellence in Corporate Citizenship
Creating Synergy Between Corporate Citizenship and Public Affairs
The learning sessions will be led by professionals representing such
leading companies as Abbott Laboratories, Ernst & Young, General Electric,
Home Depot, Levi Strauss & Co., Nokia and Novartis. The conference also
includes a Sunday evening dinner at Epcot Center, hosted by The Walt
Disney World Company.
For more information about the conference and registration go to www.bc.edu/corporatecitizenship.
About The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College:
The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College is a
membership-based research organization committed to helping businesses
leverage their social, economic and human assets for the good of society.
The Center works with its 350 member companies to help them define, plan
and operationalize their corporate citizenship. For more information
visit www.bc.edu/corporatecitizenship.
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