Mr. Peter R. White, Associate Director for Corporate Sustainable Development, Procter Gamble

(f) Engaging corporate and other private sector actors in sustainable development

(a) Differences in philosophy and approach between civil and common law traditions concerning management or control of corporate groups and related companies and in approaches to director responsibility and liability in the context of corporate groups

Abel Nako Director General, Ministry of Education, Youth Development

The Director of the Financing for Development Office responded.

In the ensuing discussion, questions were raised regarding the precise definitions of general terms such as corporate responsibility , corporate social responsibility and positive corporate contribution , and regarding the notion of a corporate responsibility for development, as well as UNCTAD's mandate in this regard.

Officer and director responsibilities and liabilities are generally imbedded in corporate and insolvency laws, which often interact with other national laws and policies.

Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

The world s corporate sector also has a significant role to play in sustainable development.

In sum, corporate meddling in politics is bad not just for those members of society who are not corporate shareholders. It also can be expected to reduce shareholder value and retard the development of an economy s corporate sector.

Item 3. Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

The application of laws addressing officer and director responsibilities and liabilities are closely related to a country's other legal rules and statutory provisions on corporate governance.

Mr. Peter Utting, Deputy Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

Mr. Ozman Atac, Director, Enterprise Management Development Section, International Trade Centre, Geneva

Expert Meeting on Positive Corporate Contributions to the Economic and Social Development of Host Developing Countries

Expert Meeting on Positive Corporate Contributions to the Economic and Social Development of Host Developing Countries

It chairs key committees to establish corporate development and policy direction and to determine strategic orientation.

Other important issues included Corporate Social Responsibility and a development oriented coherence between national development strategies and decisions emanating from international financial institutions.

In mid 2008, OpenCV obtained corporate support from Willow Garage, and is now again under active development.

Corporate social responsibility for development by TNCs in Africa, which entailed maximizing TNCs for the economic and social development of host States, was imperative.

As Global Voices' Executive Director Ivan Sigal has written, there are powerful corporate and government forces who would prefer to see the openness and accessibility of the web restricted.

She was a research fellow and deputy director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute where she also worked for the two Nordic United Nations reform projects, and she has been a director and senior adviser on corporate social responsibility issues for the Norwegian petroleum company Statoil.

Ms. Rohana Ramly, Director, Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation, (SMIDEC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

UNDP should establish a corporate Gender Development Office within the Office of the Administrator or the Associate Administrator.

We have long recognized that good political, economic and corporate governance is an essential prerequisite of sustainable development.

At the same time, the most obvious impact of corporate activities on development lies in the economic realm.

All these elements of work combined provided a balanced and holistic approach to investment and development, including on the issue of corporate contributions to development.

The various themes of the framework included trade policy, competition policy, investment policy, tax policy, corporate governance, public governance, infrastructure development and human resources development.

report of the expert meeting on positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

The panellist from Merck pointed to the role of corporate contributions in promoting economic development and peace and democracy.

Opening of the Workshop by Mr. Johan Schölvinck, Director, Division for Social Policy and Development

To take stock of best practices and assess the effectiveness and impact of existing practices in corporate contributions to development, so as to facilitate the exchange of experiences and the dissemination of best corporate practices.

The panellist from the UN Research Institute for Social Development reflected on the institutional and policy dimensions of corporate responsibility.

The second incentive is corporate tax exemption provided for the portion of profit generated through research and software development activities.

Such economic struggles go on, while the dominant culture expands various tourist enterprises or corporate development schemes all around them.

The development and implementation of ProFi substantive (phase 2) applications has enforced corporate standards to be applied throughout the Office.

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To engage in a pro active dialogue on matters related to corporate developmental responsibility and good corporate governance of Transnational Corporations, which entails maximizing their contribution to the economic and social development of host developing countries.

Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla Sarmiento, Director, ISO Development and Training Programme, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland

7. Requests the Director General in consultation with the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme

The Committee considers this an important development and recommends that the Executive Director monitor the trend.

Corporate identity.

Corporate strategy

Corporate responsibility