Wharton Club of the United Kingdom

The UN Global Compact: What are Companies Agreeing to? Wharton Professor Janice R. Bellace

Prof. Bellace is Samuel A. Blank Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Professor of Mangement; Chairperson, Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department and Director of the Huntsman Programe in International Studies and Business.

Date: Thursday 14 January 2010

Venue: University Women's Club, 2 Audley Square, London, W1K 1DB

Time: 19h00 - 21h00 including refreshments

Registration: Please e-mail your expression of interest to the Wharton Club. First come first served, priority given to Wharton Club members. whartonclub-admin@youngassoc.com

Cost: £15.00 per person

Prof. Bellace will be addressing the Wharton Alumni club of hte UK on the topic 'The UN global Compact: What are Companies Agreeting to?'. Most large companies have voluntarily signed the UN Global Compact which has ten clauses. The obligation (e.g., not to engage in forced labour) are stated in a few words. Yet the content of these obligations can only by understood in light of much longer conventions and documents of the UN and the UN bodies. Moreover, many NGOs take the position that a company is responsible for ensuring that its suppliers abide also by these principles, something that may be quite difficult with global supply chains. Hence, this topic is gername to most businesses today.

Event very kindly organized by Roger Low (WG '71) and Sarah Ryan (WG '05)

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