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Global Power and Global Powerbrokers
From “Washington Consensus” to “Building Trust” in Davos
Liberalisation
Privatisation
Deregulation
Global Institutions (introduction to structure and policies)
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
WTO
OECD
ILO
United Nations
Global Union Federations
Changing Role of Multinational Companies
FDI development
Trends in Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial Case Studies
Company strategies and their impact on Employees
Challenges for Trade Unions
New tools for worker representatives and Trade Unions
Codes of Conduct
Global Compact
Global Agreements
Global Union Networks
Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance and Transparency
Corporate scandals and their consequences
Sarbanes – Oxley Act
New requirements for
board members
supervisory board members
auditors
From shareholder value to stakeholder involvement?
“Building trust“ - the Road to Dynasty in the 21st Century
Corporate Governance and Globalisation
Corporate Governance initiatives
in the European Commission
in selected countries
Sustainability Reporting
Corporate Social Responsibility
Definition
Relevance to preparers and users of corporate reports
- Benefits of reporting
- Confluence of need and opportunity
What governs corporate relations with society?
International initiatives for CSR
Codes of Conduct
International and national law
Public pressure and reputation risk
Investor pressure
Disclosure of corporate social responsibility
Recent trends in social reporting
Current corporate reporting initiatives
- The GRI “guidelines”
A GRI “sustainability report”
Relationship to stakeholder dialogue
The GRI family of documents
Relationship of the guidelines to other sustainability management tools
Reporting expectations and design
Report content
Vision and strategy
Profile
Governance structure and management systems
Performance indicators
Major issues faced by preparers and users of reports
Purpose
Comparability of reports
Reporting medium
Materiality
Verification
Regional and national CSR initiatives
Freedom of Association and Trade Union Rights
The seminar is designed for those involved in the implementation and monitoring of Codes of Conducts, Global Agreements, Global Compact. Training relies heavily on case studies, work groups and role play
Historical introduction to Freedom of Association – Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Trade Union history and structures
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Freedom of Association and Protection on the Right to Organise (No. 87)
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (No.98)
Workers` Representatives Convention (No.135)
ILO conventions in the time of globalisation
OECD Guidelines
Global Compact
Codes of Conduct / Ethical Guidelines
UN Principles
Case studies and role plays
Designing checklists for assessing and remediating Freedom of Association and Trade Union Rights
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Codes of Conduct
10 000 Codes of Conduct worldwide is a rough estimate of the current number of Codes of Conduct.
Introduction to Codes of Conducts
codes developed and issued by individual companies
codes issued by business associations
codes crafted by partnerships of stakeholders
codes resulting from inter-governmental negotiations or consultations
Corporate profiles for
environmental commitments
commitments with respect to core labour standards
commitments addressing health and safety at the work place
Why do Companies have Codes of Conduct ?
Who initiated and developed Codes of Conduct ?
What do Codes of Conduct include ?
How are they implemented ?
How are they monitored ?
How can a company and its workforce benefit from Codes of Conduct ?
Codes of Conduct - Towards a general ethic of ‘Decent Work’
More Codes or More Compliance?
Global Agreements
There are now over 30 Global Framework Agreements signed between multinational companies and Global Union Federations that represent organised workers.
What are the contents of Global Agreements?
What is the point of Global Agreements?
How might they be initiated?
Who are the correct negotiating partners?
Who is responsible for implementing the Global agreement?
Global Agreements and the United Nations “Global Compact”
Best practice examples of Global Agreements
Implementation and training under Global Agreements?
Monitoring processes for Global Agreements
Correcting Grievances
Checklists
Network building
Global challenges to local/national institutions
Case studies on the globalisation strategies of Multinational Companies
Management requirements for networking? The need to know
Addressing local problems in a global company
Case studies of labour-management relations in different countries and different regions
The challenge of Inter-cultural communication
The European Works Council experience – a core for, or a castle against global networks?
Win-win networking in multinational companies. A “social seismograph” avoids deep impact
Learn a lesson from existing global networks – case studies of Global networks in selected industries
Global networks and issue campaigning
Tool box for the network builder and network coordinator
checklists
questionnaires
electronic platform
newsletter
Workers’ Capital and the Pension Fund Trustee
History of pension funds (with selected examples)
Different types and structures of pension funds
Multi-employer funds (Taft-Hartley funds)
401(k) schemes
CalPERS
TIAA-CREF
Managing pension funds
ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act)
Voting examples
Proxy Voting Guidelines (AFL-CIO)
Key proxy votes – strategies in USA
“Ethical” Investment – the new Mega Trend
Indices and the impact of Rating organisations
e.g. Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)
Domini Social 400-stock index
KLD Nasdaq Social Index
FTSE4Good
The Responsible Pension Trustee
- Accountability, the First Duty
- The Need to Know: It’s not rocket science!
- Performance
- The Triple Bottom Line
Checklist for investors
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