Corporate Social Responsibility Event

Corporate Best Practices in Supporting Human Rights - with Carroll Bogert of Human Rights Watch

In the last decade, there has been a dramatic shift in corporate attitudes toward social responsibility.

According to a survey of Fortune 500 companies, past scandals linking global companies with human rights abuses have triggered a rush by businesses to find ways to avoid being sucked into similar crises. Progressive companies today recognize that exemplary performance, in terms of human rights, tends to be preferred by ethical investment funds and a growing number of customers.

Compliance on human rights issues, however, can sometimes be difficult. Companies genuinely, and with the best intentions, struggle with how they can incorporate human rights principles into their practice around the world. Carroll Bogert will analyze current expectations on corporate behavior and will discuss the tools available to help companies comply with the best human rights standards.

Carroll Bogert is the associate director of Human Rights Watch, overseeing the organization's external relations and working alongside the executive director. Bogert has an extensive background as an international reporter and continues to write op-ed pieces for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, USA Today, the Boston Globe, and the New Republic. She has held numerous positions for Newsweek, including serving as an international correspondent, acting foreign editor in New York, bureau chief of the Moscow office, and a reporter in the Beijing and Hong Kong outlets. Bogert is fluent in Mandarin Chinese as well as Russian, and holds an M.A. in East Asian Studies and a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University.

Event Location

Houston, TX

Sponsoring Company/Organization

World Affairs Council of Houston

Web Site

www.wachouston.org/0/88837/0/1170/?modpage=EventDetails&fid=1&ec=88

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