Business and Human Rights
WHEN: Monday, February 22, 6:30 pm
WHERE:
The VIG Bar - Backroom
12 Spring St
corner of Elisabeth
New York, NY
SCHEDULE:
6:30 - 7:00 Open Networking
7:00 - 7:15 Presentation by Christine Bader, Advisor to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for business and human rights
7:15 - 7:30 Q&A
7:30 - 8:30+ Open Networking
COST: Suggested donation $5
RSVP: lcandu at yahoo dot com
ABOUT: Christine Bader, an Advisor to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for business and human rights, Harvard professor John Ruggie. From 1999–2008, she was with BP plc, during which she worked in Indonesia, China, and the United Kingdom. With stints in corporate planning and investor relations, she spent most of her time with the company improving management of its social impacts. She has also served as a corps member with City Year; the first Teaching Fellow in Community Service at Phillips Academy in Andover; and a Special Assistant to the New York City Mayor's Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor for Community Development and Business Services.
Christine has published articles in BusinessWeek.com ("Change Big Business From The Inside", 16 Nov 09), Stanford Social Innovation Review, Ethical Corporation, and China Rights Forum, and presented at numerous venues including Business for Social Responsibility's annual conference. She has a B.A. magna cum laude in American Studies from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Yale University. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. You can follow Christine's updates on twitter @christinebader.
ABOUT: NY CSR Meetup Group is an increasingly popular New-York-based group of corporate responsibility and sustainability professionals and enthusiasts. We meet for various sustainability-related events as well as for montly informal networking and discussion events - CSR Socials. To join and for more information please visit: http://www.meetup.com/The-New-York-Corporate-Social-Responsibility-Meetup-Group/ or http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1917952&trk=hb_side_g or http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44036267423.
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