Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum (GCEF) co-organized the Business and Human Rights Symposium with National Human Rights Commission of Korea regarding “UN Policy Framework and In-Depth Analysis of Human Rights in ISO 26000”.
It was co-hosted by National Human Rights Commission of Korea, UN Global Compact Korea Network and Korea Productivity Center.
Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF participated in the panel discussion of the Session 3 “Application, Practice, Implication and Prospect of Human Rights Based Corporate Management” as a panelist.
At the symposium, international trends of business and human rights were introduced and discussed implication to South Korean business community. With aspects of risk prevention and opportunity creation, various speakers and panelists talked about application, practice, implication and prospect of corporate management integrated with human rights and related tools. Also, direction and methods to reduce the gap between human value centered management and human rights based management, in order make them as part of corporate competitiveness.
* Date: 13:00-17:40, Wednesday, July 20, 2011
* Venue: Conference Hall of the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry
* Co-hosts: National Human Rights Commission of Korea, UN Global Compact Korea Network and Korea Productivity Center
* Co-organizers: National Human Rights Commission of Korea and GCEF (Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum)
* Contact Information: Symposium Secretariat
Tel: 02-714-5964
Fax: 02-713-5115
Email: infogcef@gmail.com
* Speaker list:
[Co-host organizations]
* Hyun, Byung-Chul, Chief Commissioner, National Human Rights Commission of Korea
* Lee, Seung-Han, Chairman, UN Global Compact Korea Network
* Choi, Dong-Kyu, Chairman & CEO, Korea Productivity Center
[Session 1 - Management Integrated with Human Rights, Respect for Human Dignity and Empowerment of Corporate Competitiveness]
* Keynote Address - Moon, Hyung-Koo, Professor, Business administration of Korea University, Current Chairman, Korean Association of Human Resources Management and Former Chairman, Graduate School of Labor Studies of Korea University
[Session 2 - International trends of Human Rights and Implications for South Korea]
* Moderator: Hong, Jin-Pyo, Standing Commissioner, National Human Rights Commission of Korea
* Presenter: Ju, Chul-Ki, VP and Secretary General, UN Global Compact Korea Network
* Panelist:
- Lee, Hyung-Jun, Head of Labor Policy, Korea Employers Federation (KEF)
- Ryan S. Song, Professor, Law of Kyunghee University and Chief Researcher of the 2011 Research Project of National Human Rights Commission of Korea on “Best Practices of Laws and Policies Overseas to Promote Business and Human Rights”
- Choi, Jo-Hwan, Team Manager of Asia Team, KOTRA who led the 2010 KOTRA research project on CSR of South Korean companies operating overseas
- Kim, Dong-Soo, Head of Sustainability Management Center, Korea Productivity Center
[Session 3 - Application, Practice, Implication and Prospect of Corporate Management Integrated with Human Rights]
* Moderator: Lee, Chun-Sun, Managing Director, Korea Productivity Center
* Presenter: Choi, Jung-Chul, Head of Incheon Intellectual Property Center and Researcher of the 2011 Research Project of National Human Rights Commission of Korea on “Best Practices of Corporate Management Integrated with Human Rights and Self Assessment Tools”, responsible for tool development
* Case Presenter: Kim, Hyun-Sik , Group Leader, Corporate Social Responsibility Group of LG Electronic
* Panelist:
- Lee, Jung-Il, Senior Researcher, Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI)
- Ahn, Yoon-Gi, Division Leader, Green Growth Research ivision, POSCO Research Institute (POSRI)
- Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President, Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum (GCEF) and Researcher of the 2011 Research Project of National Human Rights Commission of Korea on “Best Practices of Corporate Management Integrated with Human Rights and Self Assessment Tools”, responsible for best practice research
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