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 | Hudgins to Speak on Corporate Social Responsibility Posted by James Heaps-Nelson on 11/01, 10:52am | |
| November 01, 2005
Counter-Conference by Free Market Advocates to Challenge Leftist Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 9am-12pm Omni Shoreham Hotel, Capitol Room 2500 Calvert Street, Washington, DC Open to the public CSR Reconsidered 2005 is a counter-conference to the Leftist-dominated Business for Social Responsibility conference also being held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel that same day. Information on this conference can be found at www.bsr.org. The event is co-sponsored by the New York Times, Pfizer, General Electric, Chevron, Disney, Ford, Microsoft, Monsanto, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Intel and many other companies. CSR Reconsidered 2005 will bring together representatives of several organizations to offer a competing vision of “corporate responsibility,?based on free-market principles. The conference represents the first organized effort to challenge the Left’s longstanding campaign to use corporate America to advance its radical social and political agenda. “Corporations do have a ‘social responsibility? says National Legal and Policy Center President Peter Flaherty. “It is to faithfully protect the interests of the shareholders who own the company. When corporations cave into the demands of radical activists, they undermine private property and the whole idea of an ‘ownership society.? Speakers and topics at the event include *9:00 - 9:15: CSR Reconsidered * Introduction, Jim Glassman, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute *9:15 - 9:30: The Role of Business in the Modern World, Fred Smith, President, Competitive Enterprise Institute *9:30 - 9:45: Paying Off the Diversity Activists, Peter Flaherty, President, National and Legal Policy Center *9:45 -10:00: Losing The War With Global Socialism, Nick Nichols, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University *10:00 - 10:15: CSR and the Developing World, Paul Driessen, Senior Fellow, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise *10:15 - 10:30: Unions Flex Their Muscle, Bryan O'Keefe, Researcher, American Enterprise Institute *10:30 - 10:45: Business Profitability and CSR, Wayne Winegarden, Chief Economist, Sterling International **10:45 - 11:00: The Moral High-Ground Against Corporate Social Responsibility, Edward Hudgins, Executive Director, The Objectivist Center & Atlas Society *11:00 - 11:15: Giving Patterns of the "Best" Corporate Citizens, David Hogberg, GreenWatch executive director, Capital Research Center *11:15 - 11:30: Politicization of Investment, Steven Milloy, Portfolio Manager, Free Enterprise Action Fund *11:30 - 12:00: Questions and Closing Remarks For further information, contact John Carlisle (703- 237-1970), jcarlisle@nlpc.org or visit http://www.nlpc.org/view.asp? action=viewArticle&aid=1140 | ||
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