Noontime Lecture Series - Great Decisions Series: Human Rights in Global Governance, Busin

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Date:

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Time:

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Event Type:

Speaker

Organizer/Author:

Mary Dolan

Location Details:

World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

With human rights and the rule of law coming under increasing pressure and a new administration in power, the time is ripe to assess the status and potential of rights-based approaches to address the interrelated cluster of financial, economic, political, security and other crises facing the planet. Chip Pitts, former Chair, Amnesty International USA, discusses his new book Corporate Social Responsibility: A Legal Analysis about the new global norms of human rights and sustainable development that present both challenges and opportunities for governments and businesses.

Check-in: 11:30 AM; Program: 12:00 PM

Council Members: Free, Students: Free, Nonmembers: $5

For more information and to register, visit the Council's website, call 415-293-4600, or email info [at] wacsf.org.

For more information: http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?...

Added to the calendar on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 4:47PM

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