Mr. Peter R. White, Associate Director for Corporate Sustainable Development, Procter Gamble

Director for Development

Principles of Corporate Governance. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Deputy Director General Urban Rural Development

(f) Engaging corporate and other private sector actors in sustainable development

Managing Director, International Development Ireland Limited (IDI),

Principles of Corporate Governance (2004 Edition). Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The publication Corporate Social Responsibility and the Development Agenda Should SMEs Care?

In the ensuing discussion, questions were raised regarding the precise definitions of general terms such as corporate responsibility , corporate social responsibility and positive corporate contribution , and regarding the notion of a corporate responsibility for development, as well as UNCTAD's mandate in this regard.

(a) Differences in philosophy and approach between civil and common law traditions concerning management or control of corporate groups and related companies and in approaches to director responsibility and liability in the context of corporate groups

Ms. Geraldine Abello Director of Development, Hospitality House

Deputy Director (International Development), Department of Foreign Affairs

Assistant Director, Development Cooperation Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau

Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

Officer and director responsibilities and liabilities are generally imbedded in corporate and insolvency laws, which often interact with other national laws and policies.

The Director of the Financing for Development Office responded.

Salil Shetty (Director, United Nations Millennium Development Goals Campaign)

Boua Chanthou, Director, Partnership for Development in Kampuchea (PADEK)

Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women

In sum, corporate meddling in politics is bad not just for those members of society who are not corporate shareholders. It also can be expected to reduce shareholder value and retard the development of an economy s corporate sector.

Item 3. Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

Prospects for sustainable development appeared farther away, as a massive corporate land grab accelerated daily.

Mr. Salil Shetty, Director, United Nations Millennium Development Goals Campaign,

The application of laws addressing officer and director responsibilities and liabilities are closely related to a country's other legal rules and statutory provisions on corporate governance.

Grundsatzkommission Corporate Governance (German Panel for Corporate Governance) (2000). Corporate Governance Rules for German Quoted Companies.

Expert Meeting on Positive Corporate Contributions to the Economic and Social Development of Host Developing Countries

Expert Meeting on Positive Corporate Contributions to the Economic and Social Development of Host Developing Countries

Indian enterprises could also observe good corporate governance and contribute to the host country's national development.

The role of the corporate sector, and corporate strategies

2000 2003 UNIDO Representative and Director, Regional Industrial Development Centre, Nigeria

Organization Training Programme 1978 1980 Director of Special Child Development Centre

Director General for Research and Human Resources Development, Ministry of Agriculture

Mr. Khoo Khee Ming, Business Development Director, Sime Darby Plantations (Malaysia)

The Deputy Executive Director (Programme), UNFPA, and the Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Development Policy (BDP), UNDP, made introductory remarks.

Other important issues included Corporate Social Responsibility and a development oriented coherence between national development strategies and decisions emanating from international financial institutions.

Statement on Global Corporate Governance Principles. International Corporate Governance Network.

What are the possible issues regarding the positive corporate contribution to the development of host developing countries?

Mr. Peter Utting, Deputy Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

Mr. Ozman Atac, Director, Enterprise Management Development Section, International Trade Centre, Geneva

Industrial Development Fund and other voluntary contributions. Report by the Director General

Corporate strategy

Corporate responsibility

Corporate social responsibility for development by TNCs in Africa, which entailed maximizing TNCs for the economic and social development of host States, was imperative.

(iii) promoting regional cooperation in investment promotion and enterprise development, including public private partnerships in infrastructure development and the promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility