Published October 12, 2011
by iris_author
Hello members of CBERN,
The Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN) aims to foster research, capacity building and public dialogue regarding business ethics in the Canadian context, through face-to-face events and online opportunities. We're pleased to announce the following initiative held in conjunction with EthicScan as part of our capacity building program.
1. Invitation: Please join us for a special CBERN education program involving a review of recent research on CSR standards. This online remote education webinar presentation by David Nitkin of EthicScan and a representative from the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC) will consist of a PowerPoint presentation followed by questions and answers. It is scheduled for Wednesday October 26, 2011 at 8:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time*. This will be a one-hour session. Feel free to circulate this invitation to colleagues who may be interested in the topic.
2. Topic: For almost two decades EthicScan Canada has been engaged with global and national corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and disclosure standards. This PowerPoint presentation captures in detail several of the strengths and weaknesses of these standards, many of which were designed for industry sectors with problem products or services. There have been many interesting and significant changes in standards over the last decade. You are invited to review the application lessons learned from this comparative research study, and have any of your individual questions answered. Recent clients of EthicScan's standards research include the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation.
3. Technology: Through EthicScan's license of GoToMeeting software, you can participate in this online webinar both orally by phone, microphone or skype and visually through a computer at any location.
4. RSVP: This education program is free but attendance is limited to the first 25 registered participants. Please confirm your intention to participate by contacting Hilary Martin, Research and Outreach Coordinator at CBERN, hmartin@cbern.ca, who will then give you your password. If there is additional interest, a follow-up presentation may be scheduled.
5. Ordering of Individual Reports: As part of a project assessing lessons learned from building frameworks for corporate responsibility standards setting, a team from EthicScan has completed a detailed review of the evolution, contents and strengths of over a dozen international standards. Reports exist for GRI, CDP, Responsible Care, FSI, TSM, EITI, ISO 26000, the Equator Principles, Ceres, and six other standards.
6. EthicScan: The EthicScan Research Team includes Jennifer Bartholomew, Gillian Clinton, Shannon Mullins, David Nitkin, Daniel Nurgitz, and Sareh Pouryousefi. For more about EthicScan, please visit http://www.ethicscan.ca/.
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*For individuals in Western Canada who would like to participate and are unable to due to the early start time, we will explore organizing another webinar with a later start time if there is sufficient demand. Please contact Hilary Martin (hmartin@cbern.ca) to indicate your interest.
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