UBIS Colloquium Series
Thursday, 3rd May 2007, 18:30h
Please note change of date !
UBIS, Place Chevelu 6
Professor Michael
Hopkins, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., CEO and Chairman of MHC International Ltd., presents:
Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development - Is
Business the Solution?
The business of business is
business. So why should corporations be
involved in development? Michael Hopkins
makes the case that governments and their international agencies, grouped under
the umbrella of the United Nations, have failed in their attempts to rid the
planet of underdevelopment and poverty.
If development is the objective then it seems that the solution and the
responsibility lies with the private sector – particularly through the
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs of large corporations, with
their tremendous power and economic strength.
Explicitly linking CSR with
development, Michael Hopkins spells out what corporations are doing on development,
what more they could do and how CSR can be a useful tool to promote economic
development via corporations. This is an
important and challenging message for all of those in government, business and
NGOs who think that there must be a better, more effective and dynamic way to
kick-start development and eradicate poverty.
Michael Hopkins will discuss
questions like “Can CSR Pave the Way for Development?” and develop why
companies should concentrate on CSR.
Other topics of the presentations will be a critique of CSR and
development, limitations of international agencies, and socially responsible
investment in developing countries.
 Professor Michael Hopkins,
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., is CEO and Chairman of MHC International Ltd. (London & Geneva). MHC is a research and service company that
specializes in social development issues for the public and private sector
alike, working in two main areas: Labor markets and Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR), with numerous international organizations, NGOs, and
multinational companies.
Michael has also worked on
human resources and labor market issues in over 100 countries around the world.
Michael is part-time
Professor of Corporate Responsibility and Business Performance (CRBP) at Middlesex University
Business School
and Visiting Professor at Brunel and Geneva
Universities. Michael holds First and Masters degrees in
Mathematics and Statistics and a Doctoral Degree in Labor Economics from the
University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Amongst others, Michael has
worked as Senior Economist for eleven years with the ILO in Geneva where he helped developed the research
program on social development. He
continues to serve as adviser to World Bank, UNDP, UNRISD and ILO on CSR. He has published widely on social development
issues, based upon both theoretical and empirical research in all the main
continents, and this has led to nine books and around 120 published articles.
His most recent book is
Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development: Is Business the
Solution (Earthscan, London, 2006; Stylus, New York, 2007).
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