SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE - ECRC Partner, Observatoire de la Finance is organising an event on 25-26 October 2007, in Krakow, Poland for all those NGO's and Providers of financial services that want to better understand the role of large enterprises in democracy and society. THE ROLE OF LARGE ENTERPRISES IN DEMOCRACY AND SOCIETY This is a SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE organised by the Observatoire de la Finance, Jagiellonian University and University of Fribourg is open to registration. DATE AND PLACE: 25th-26th October 2007, Krakow, Poland SUBJECT: How large multinationals cope with their “non-market environment” (public bodies and social actors) in Europe, in particular in the New Member States of the European Union? Responding to the law and more broadly to social concerns and expectations, influencing the law and – when necessary - looking for ways to accommodate the law, are the three main options open to business in contemporary society. PROGRAMME OPEN PUBLIC SESSION 1: EAST EUROPEAN ISSUES IN DEMOCRACY AND SOCIETY - Michel Barde, International Labour Organization, Geneva - Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki, Warsaw - Brigitte Monsou Tantawy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Paul H. Dembinski, Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva SESSION 2: PRIVATE INTERESTS IN THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF DEMOCRACY - Nicolas Hayoz, Université de Fribourg - Rafael Alvira, Universidad de Navarra - Montserrat Herrero, Instituto Empresa y Humanismo, Pamplona (Navarra) SESSION 3: HOW ENTERPRISES MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD? - Paul H. Dembinski, Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva - Jerzy Brniak, BP Poland, Krakow - Laurent Montreuil, Uniapac International, Paris - Gérard Legris, European Commission, Brussels SESSION 4: BEYOND LEGAL CONSTRAINTS - ARE THE CORPORATIONS REALLY RESPONSIVE TO SOCIAL CONCERNS? - Jean-Pierre Mean, SGS Group, Geneva - Barbara Fryzel, Jagiellonian University, Krakow - Laszlo Fekete, Corvinus University of Budapest - Mariusz Witalis, Ernst & Young, Warsaw SESSION 5: GLOBAL ISSUES ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - Wojciech W. Gasparski, Business Ethics Centre, Warsaw - Michel Sauquet, Institute for research and debate on governance-IRG, Paris - François Lépineux, Bordeaux Business School and INSEAD, Paris - Pierre Lecocq, Inergy-Automotive and Uniapac Europe, Paris REGISTRATION FEES: 100 Euro and Special students rate Some accommodation are available for participants (85 Euro/night). ID: 40309 Author(s): SCR Publication date: 01/10/07     Conference Programme: Krakow 25-26 October - Multinationals (186239 Bytes) URL(s): Link to conference website at the Observatoire de la Finance

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