IBA Annual Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2022
7 Sep - 9 Sep 2022
Session information
Breakout Session 1: Corporate social responsibility and employee activism
Thursday 8 September (1130 - 1245)
Description
The workplace is often a confluence of economics, politics and social issues. While the workplace can be a battleground of rights, it can also play a very significant role in effecting positive change in society.
Employees are increasingly looking to organisational leadership to take a stand on issues such as race, gender, immigration, climate change, cross-border supply chain, and most recently the war in Ukraine.
This session considers the role employers and employment lawyers can play as agents of change, and the relative risks and rewards of doing so.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Frances Anderson | Victorian Government Solicitor's Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Szymon Kubiak | Wardynski & Partners, Warsaw, Poland; PPID/SPPI Representative, LPD Council |
Speakers
| Atul Gupta | Trilegal, Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Carolyn Knox | Ogletree Deakins, San Francisco, California, USA |
| Elise Margow | Legally Speaking, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Carolina Rodrigues | General Electric, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Marzena Sękul | Ørsted, Warsaw, Poland |