Appendix E
Forum Agendas
IMPROVING COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS: A PUBLIC FORUM FOR THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
By the Wharton School’s Center for Human Resources
Monday, September 9, 2002
The Hudson Hotel, 356 West 58th Street
New York, NY
8:00 am–8:45 am |
Continental Breakfast for Speakers, NRC/Wharton Staff and Invited NRC Guests |
8:45 am–9:00 am |
Introduction and Opening Remarks Peter Cappelli–Director, Center for Human Resources and George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Janice Bellace (moderator)–Samuel Blank Professor of Legal Studies, and Professor of Legal Studies and Management, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
9:00 am–10:00 am |
First Session Neil Kearney–General Secretary; International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation, Brussels, Belgium Mila Rosenthal, Director, Worker Rights Program, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York, NY Gregg Nebel–Head of Social and Environmental Affairs, Region Americas, adidas-Salomon, Seattle, WA |
10:00 am–10:10 am |
Break |
10:10 am–11:10 am |
Second Session Mike Grace–Associate Administrative Assistant to the President, Communications Workers of America, Washington, DC Bipul Chattopadhyay–Associate Director, Consumer Unity & Trust Society, Center for International Trade, Economics & Environment, Jaipur, India Bob Zane–Senior Vice President, Sourcing, Distribution, and Logistics, Liz Claiborne, Inc., New York, NY |
11:10 am–12:10 pm |
Questions from the Committee and Audience |
12:10 pm–1:10 pm |
Lunch Break |
1:10 pm–2:10 pm |
Third Session Roland Schneider–Senior Policy Advisor, Trade Union Advisory Committee, OECD, Paris, France Carol Pier–Labor Rights and Trade Researcher, Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC Anna Walker–Manager of Labor Affairs and Corporate Responsibility, United States Council for International Business, New York, NY |
2:10 pm–3:10 pm |
Fourth Session Barbara Shailor–Director of International Affairs, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC |
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Reverend David Schilling–Director, Global Corporate Accountability Program, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, New York, NY Marcella Manubens–Vice-President, Human Rights Programs, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, New York, NY |
3:10 pm–3:20 pm |
Break |
3:20 pm–4:20 pm |
Questions from the Committee and Audience |
4:20 pm–4:30 pm |
Summary and Adjournment Janice Bellace (moderator) |
IMPROVING COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS: A PUBLIC FORUM FOR THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
By the Wharton School’s Center for Human Resources
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel
404 South Figueroa Street
Palos Verdes Room–Lobby Level
Los Angeles, CA
8:00 am–8:45 am |
Continental Breakfast for Speakers, NRC/Wharton Staff and Invited NRC Guests |
8:45 am–9:00 am |
Introduction and Opening Remarks Peter Cappelli—Director, Center for Human Resources, and George W. Taylor, Professor of Management, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA William Gould (moderator)—Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law, Emeritus, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
9:00 am–10:00 am |
First Session Stephen Coats—Executive Director, U.S./Labor Education in the Americas Project, Chicago, IL Tom Hayden—Director, West Coast Regional Office, Campaign for the Abolition of Sweatshops and Child Labor, Los Angeles, CA Roger McDivitt—Director of Sourcing, Patagonia, Inc., Ventura, CA |
10:00 am–10:10 am |
Break |
10:10 am–11:10 am |
Second Session Garrett Brown—Coordinator, Maquiladora Health and Safety Support Network, Berkeley, CA Peter Chapman—Executive Director, Shareholder Association for Research and Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Debbie O’Brien—Director, Business and Human Rights Program, Business for Social Responsibility, San Francisco, CA |
11:10 am–12:10 pm |
Questions from the Committee and Audience |
12:10 pm–01:10 pm |
Lunch Break |
1:10 pm–2:10 pm |
Third Session Dennis Smith—President, Commission for the Verification of Corporate Codes of Conduct, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala Richard Clayton—Research Analyst, Service Employees International Union, Oakland, CA Katie Quan—Associate Chair, Center for Labor Research and Education, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA |
2:10 pm–3:10 pm |
Fourth Session May Wong—China Program Officer, Asia Monitor Resource Center, Hong Kong Aewha Kim—Director, Asian Transnational Corporation Project, Asia Monitor Resource Center, Hong Kong Tom DeLuca—Vice President, Imports, Product Development, and Compliance, Toys “R” Us, Paramus, NJ Pharis J. Harvey—Former Executive Director, International Labor Rights Fund, San Jose, CA |
3:10 pm–3:20 pm |
Break |
3:20 pm–4:20 pm |
Questions from the Committee and Audience |
4:20 pm–4:30 pm |
Summary and Adjournment William Gould (moderator) |