Increased Public Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR): How can Companies Organize Effective Responses?

This public debate meeting (“gå-hjem møde”) brings together practitioners and academics to discuss the effects of government CSR regulation on the internal operations of Danish businesses operating globally. Governments in Europe and beyond have added layers of new policies to monitor and control CSR.

•         How can companies respond effectively to these myriad new regulations?

•         What are the best company practices that have emerged to date? 

 PROGRAM

15:30-15:35     Welcome and Introduction

• Jette Steen Knudsen, Associate Professor (CBS)

15:35-16:05       Why do Governments Want to Regulate CSR?

• Dana Brown, Associate Professor (EMLYON Business School)

• Maria Gjølberg, Researcher (Oslo Business School)

• Jette Steen Knudsen, Associate Professor (CBS)

16:05-16:35    Danish Companies and their Organizational Response to New Government Regulations

• Bo Wesley, Senior Advisor, Global Stakeholder Engagement, and Consultant Camilla Crone Jensen, Novo Nordisk – “New Geographies of Corporate Sustainability”

• Kathrine Geisler, CSR Manager, J. Lauritzen A/S – “Practical Implications of the UK Bribery Act”

16:35-17:00    Organizing CSR Effectively: Investigating 300 Best Practice Companies

• Brad Googins and Phil Mirvis, Professors, The Carroll School of Business, Boston College

17:00-17:30    Discussion and Debate

17:30 - ? Reception. Drinks and networking on the occasion of Jette Steen Knudsen’s 50th birthday 

Registration

Registration is optional but it would be helpful if you could send an e-mail to academic officer Anne Birgitte Tramm Ejdrup at abte.dbp@cbs.dk if you plan to attend.

Funding for the event is provided by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Sustainability Platform at CBS.