University of Chicago Human Rights Program Symposium
April 30, 2011
8:00AM to 6:00PM

Corporate Social Responsibility: A New Business Framework for Human Rights

This symposium will explore the latest, most progressive mandates in Corporate Social Responsibility and their impact on the international human rights agenda.

LOCATION:
International House at the University of Chicago
1414 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Symposium Agenda

8:00AM-9:00AM
Coulter Lounge
Welcome Breakfast

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9:00AM-9:15AM
Home Room
Opening address: Peter Rosenblum, Columbia University: The Cash Nexus: Human Rights at the Intersection of Development, Investment and Global Supply Chains

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9:15AM-11:00AM
First Panel, Location: Home Room
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Developing World: Metropolitan Concerns and Peripheral Zones of Engagement
Richard Joseph, Northwestern University: The Corporate Sector and Remaking Nigeria: Pathways from the Predicament
Lauren Coyle, University of Chicago: Gold Mining, Dual Legal Regimes, and the Complexities of CSR in Ghana
Anna Zalik, York University: Mechanisms of Consent in Oil and Gas Fields: An Examination of 'Regional' Approaches to Corporate Social Consultation
Panel Chair: Ralph Steinhardt, The George Washington University: Remarks

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11:10AM to 12:45PM
Second Panel, Location: Home Room
Problematizing Corporate Social Responsibility: Discourse and Critique
Stuart Kirsch, University of Michigan: Virtuous Language: CSR in the Academy and Industry
Tyler Giannini, Harvard Law School: Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in Corporate Social Responsibility
Kim Fortun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Industrial Culture, the Petro-Chemical Complex and Corporate Social Responsibility: Stategems, Spoils and Science Panel Chair: David Scheffer, Northwestern University School of Law Remarks

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12:45PM-2:00PM
LUNCH
National Room

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2:00PM to 3:45PM
Third Panel, Location: Home Room
Corporate Criminality: The Past, Present, and Future of Human Rights Law and Corporate Responsibility
Will Reno, Northwestern University: Prosecutions of Corporate Actors for War crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
Susan Farbstein, Harvard Law School: Alien Tort Statute Litigation and Corporate Social Responsibility
Peter Benson, Washington University in St. Louis: The Tobacco Haze of Capitalism
Panel Chair: Caroline Kaeb, Northwestern University School of Law Remarks

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4:00PM to 5:45PM
Fourth Panel, Location: Home Room
Private Sector Initiatives and Public-Private Alliances: New CSR Mandates to Improve Human Rights
Stephen Schmida, SSG Advisors: USAID and Private Sector Alliances: The Future of Public-Private Partnerships in the US Government
Elise McCarthy, Rice University: CSR and the Ruggie Report
Caroline Kaeb, Northwestern University School of Law: Social Investment and Human Rights: The Case of Google in China
Ursula Wynhoven, United Nations Global Compact Office: The United Nations Global Compact and the New Human Rights Agenda
Panel Chair: Chip Pitts, Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Stanford Law School Remarks

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5:45PM-6:00PM
Closing Remarks: Charlotte Walker