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Corporate Social Responsibility in the EU and Canada: Practices and Opportunities
March 6, 2012 at 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
| Location: | Senate Room, 608 Robertson Hall |
| Cost: | Free |
2012 Canada-EU Business Lecture
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Partnering with Carleton’s Sprott School of Business, the Centre for European Studies is pleased to present this year’s Canada-Europe Business Lecture, given by Dirk Matten, Currently holder of the Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility and Professor of Strategy in the Schulich School of Business at York University.
Canada and many core EU member countries share a number of similarities in their approach to assigning various social responsibilities to business. A common thread is seen in the fact that both Canada and the EU traditionally assign welfare state institutions a stronger role in addressing social needs.
However, over the last decade and a half, approaches seem to have developed in different directions. Canada has taken a path of less state involvement and lower governmental commitment to environmental goals. Meanwhile, European companies have felt a stronger need to adopt voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR). Particularly in their non-European operations, it was notably the EU Commission and a number of member states who took considerable action recently to encourage more CSR in business. These measures have raised expectations toward the private sector considerably.
This talk will explore the similarities and differences between the Canadian and European approach to CSR. It will also assess these varying approaches in the context of the ongoing financial crisis and the current debate on climate change and the role of business.
Light refreshments served beginning at 4:30pm. Admission is free.
The event is supported, in part, by a grant from the European Commission, for more information contact ces@carleton.ca or 613 520-2600, ext. 1087
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