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Session 21: Draft Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with regard to Human Rights and Session 25 Corporate Codes and Corporate Governance: Perspective from the U.S. and Asia Watch Video Connection Speed: High Speed Low Speed Audio    Event Title : Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations Conference Date : 5/14/2004 Duration : 160 minutes Language  : English Country/Region : World Keyword :  Private Sector Development     Presenter : Thomas Campbell Patrick Cronin Klaus Leisinger Ronald Loeb David Lowry Mark Messow Behdad Nowroozi Joe W. (Chip) Pitts III Oliver Williams Lawrence Zicklin | Related Material | Recommendations |Related B-SPAN Videos |  DESCRIPTION  The conference Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: Promises and Challenges conference was held May 12 - 15, 2004 and jointly sponsored by the International Center for Corporate Accountability, Inc. (ICCA), the Zicklin School of Business (Baruch College, CUNY), the Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and the World Bank Institute of the World Bank. Session 21 on May 14, 2004, presented here, addresses the topic: "Draft Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights (U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/12(2003)". Chaired by Prof. Oliver Williams, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana, this sessions includes the following presentations: "Context, Implementability and Future Challenges of the Draft UN Norms" - Joe W. (Chip) Pitts III, Investor/Entrepreneur, Former Chief Legal Officer, Nokia Inc., Coppell, Texas "Implementability of Draft UN Norms in the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Case of Novartis" - Prof. Dr. Klaus Leisinger, Executive Director, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, Basil, Switzerland "Implementability of Draft UN Norms in Extractive Industries: The Case of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc." - Dr. David Lowry, Consultant and Advisor to the Office of the Chairman in the areas of Community Development and Community Relations, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Louisiana "Human Rights for Multinational Corporations" - Prof. Thomas Campbell, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University, University of Melbourne, The Australian National University, Australia. Session 21 is here followed by Session 25 on May 14, 2004 which addresses the topic "Corporate Codes and Corporate Governance: Perspectives from the U.S. and Asia". Chaired by Lawrence Zicklin, Chairman, Baruch College Fund, CUNY, New York, New York, this session includes presentations by: Behdad Nowroozi, Senior Financial Management Specialist, Central Operational Services Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank, Washington, DC Ronald Loeb, Board Member, Mattel Inc; Partner, JLS Consulting, California Patrick Cronin, Senior Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC Mark Messow, Celestica, Italy.  RELATED MATERIALS   The International Center for Corporate Accountability World Bank Institute Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility program The Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania RELATED B-SPAN EVENTS Private Sector Development (70) RELATED WORLD BANK LINKS