Corporate Social Responsibility Creates New Role for Employers' Associations
Latest press releasesMs Renate Hornung-Draus, European and International Affairs Director of the Confederation of German Employers, gave the 2004 Warwick ACAS Lowry Lecture on Monday 15 March at Warwick Business School.
Ms Hornung-Draus argued that a completely new role for employers' organizations is opening up in the context of initiatives on corporate social responsibility (CSR). "Employer organizations are ideally placed to give guidance on the contexts and interpretation of universally agreed core labour standards and on how these standards can be translated into meaningful benchmarks for company practice and codes of conduct. They can also protect companies from unreasonable demands from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and help to solve conflicts over socially responsible behaviour which have the potential to inflict serious damage on companies" said Ms Hornung-Draus.
The lecture also covered the changing roles of employer organizations at European level where developments seem to be moving in an opposite direction to those at national levels.
The Warwick-ACAS Lowry Lecture is held annually in honour of Sir Pat Lowry who was a former Chair of ACAS, a visiting professor at the University of Warwick, a member of the Warwick Business School Advisory Board, and a close associate of the Industrial Relations Research Unit.
Ms Hornung-Draus argued that a completely new role for employers' organizations is opening up in the context of initiatives on corporate social responsibility (CSR). "Employer organizations are ideally placed to give guidance on the contexts and interpretation of universally agreed core labour standards and on how these standards can be translated into meaningful benchmarks for company practice and codes of conduct. They can also protect companies from unreasonable demands from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and help to solve conflicts over socially responsible behaviour which have the potential to inflict serious damage on companies" said Ms Hornung-Draus.
The lecture also covered the changing roles of employer organizations at European level where developments seem to be moving in an opposite direction to those at national levels.
The Warwick-ACAS Lowry Lecture is held annually in honour of Sir Pat Lowry who was a former Chair of ACAS, a visiting professor at the University of Warwick, a member of the Warwick Business School Advisory Board, and a close associate of the Industrial Relations Research Unit.
One of Europe's largest business schools and the largest department of the highly-rated University of Warwick, WBS is fully accredited.
Our teaching is rated excellent and 75 percent of our research is rated at 3* and above, placing us 3rd in the UK.
Over 8,000 students from 130 countries currently study here.
Their interaction with top faculty creates a multicultural learning environment, enhanced by outstanding teaching and study facilities and a top-quality campus.
Our teaching covers the full range of business education, from undergraduate and masters degrees to the Warwick MBA, doctoral research, and executive education.