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Thursday, July 9, 2009
 
 
EVENTS
Corporate Responsibility in an Era of New Internationalism
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM — 4:00 PM
Location: Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
 
 
About This Event

Corporations and governments are witnessing a resurgence of political and economic internationalism. Increasingly prominent issues such as the global financial crisis, the environment, human rights, the developing world, and trade policy have galvanized efforts by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international governmental organizations to become more deeply involved in government and corporate policies. Considering that these are often contentiously debated issues, to what degree should sovereign governments be held accountable to these demands? How should corporations respond in light of their classic responsibility as wealth generators and engines of the world economy? This conference will explore the changing roles and responsibilities of corporations and government vis-à-vis the growing influence of NGOs and international organizations and weigh the policy challenges that the Obama administration will face for engaging these topics in January.

 
Agenda
8:45 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
 
 
 
 
9:00
Introduction:
 
 
 
9:15
Panel I:
Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility in a Global Society 
 
 
 
 
Panelists
Adam Greene, United States Council for International Business
Charles Kent, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 
 
Fred Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute
 
 
 
 
Moderator:
Josh Gilder, White House Writers Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
10:45
Panel II:
The Brave New World of Global Civil Society
 
 
 
 
Panelists:
Jonathan Doh, Villanova University School of Business
 
 
Don Eberly, author, The Rise of Global Civil Society: Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up
 
 
Ian Maitland, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management
 
 
 
 
Moderator:
 
 
 
12:00 p.m.
Luncheon
 
 
 
 
12:30 
Keynote Address:
Thomas Dichter, author, Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World Has Failed
 
 
 
1:30
Panel III:
NGOs and Global Engagement
 
 
 
 
Panelists:
Beth Beloff, Golder Associates and Bridges to Sustainability Institute
 
 
Anthony O’Hear, University of Buckingham
 
 
Elaine Sternberg, author, Just Business: Business Ethics in Action
 
 
 
 
Moderator:
Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola University
 
 
 
3:00
Adjournment
 
 
 
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