Next week the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) will assemble some of the best minds in CSR and social value corporate citizenship for a moderated debate, “The Future of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – For Good or For Profit?”  The debate will be the closing session at BCLC’s annual three-day National Conference: Forecast: Corporate Citizenship and America’s Future.

Officials from Aspen Institute, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), Corporate Responsibility Officers Association (CROA), Ethisphere Institute and FSG will join two leading corporate citizens, Intel and PwC, for the debate. Additionally, two foremost CSR media influencers are co-moderating the session – Aman Singh, Editorial Director of CSRwire, the leading source of CSR news, and Emilio Sánchez of VOXXI, the voice of the Hispanic 21^st century.

Those interested in participating can watch the debate live via webcast on BCLC’s website and follow the tweet chat at #debateCSR.

A recording of the debate will also be available for viewing after the conference.

Debate: The Future of Corporate Social Responsibility – For Good or For Profit? (webcast)
Download the National Conference agenda with speakers and session times

WHEN:                  

April 18, 2012, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE:                 

BCLC’s National Conference: Forecast – Corporate Citizenship and America’s Future

Find details regarding the debate webcast on the National Conference website                  

Join the conversation via Twitter using the hashtag #debateCSR and #BCLCinUS

WHO:                 

• Alex Brigham, Executive Director, Ethisphere Institute
• Margaret M. Coady, Director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
• Richard Crespin, Executive Director, CROA
• Maryann Holsberg, Corporate Responsibility Director, PwC
• Michael Jacobson, Director of Corporate Responsibility, Intel Corporation
• Kyle Peterson, Managing Director, FSG
• Chris Pinney, Senior Fellow, Aspen Institute

Moderators: Aman Singh, CSRwire and Emilio Sánchez, VOXXI

RSVP:                 

BCLC is streaming this panel via webcast, available here.

About the Business Civic Leadership Center

BCLC is the U.S. Chamber’s resource and voice for businesses’ social and philanthropic interests.  Its mission is to advance the positive role of business in society. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations. http://bclc.uschamber.com

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center

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