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Date: 25-27 April 2004  
Venue: Grand Hyatt, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Event Overview

Corporate Social Responsibility Under the patronage of H. H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister

The 1st Middle East Forum on 'Corporate Social Responsibility', in association with Shell ME and supported by the Dubai Development and Investment Authority (DDIA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), aims to raise awareness about the importance of CSR for the region's growth and long-term development. Defence Minister

The forum brings together the region's business leaders, government officials and NGOs, to discuss the necessity and benefits of implementing CSR as well as setting out a framework to do so. The forum will examine the emerging liability and accountability issues through various standards and regulations and suggest ways in which companies in the region can improve their social, ethical and environmental performance thereby increasing brand awareness, customer loyalty and employee retention.

The Business Case For CSR Defence Minister

Today's business leaders are inundated with new risks and challenges to their corporate standing and reputation. Fair or not, big businesses are being called to justify their approach to a growing array of social, environmental and economic concerns.  Despite economic downturns, many companies are concluding that they cannot afford not to invest in being seen as responsible.

That investment is called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

So what does it mean exactly?

Invited Companies & NGOs Include:

• Abbott Laboratories
• Abn Amro
• Accountability 
• Al Marai 
• Amnesty International
• BASF Chemical
• BT
• Business for Social Responsibility  
• Cadburys Schwepps 
• Citigroup
• Deutsche Bank
• Dubal
• Eitisalat 
• Emirates Environmental Group  
• Ford Motor Company 
• FTSE Group 
• Green Peace International
• HP
• International Finance Corporation 
• Johnson & Johnson
• Kraft Foods
• Masterfoods   
• McDonalds
• McKinsey
• Microsoft
• Motorola 
• Nestle SA   
• Nike
• Proctor & Gamble
• Saudi Aramco 
• Standard Chartered Bank
• Transparency International 
• UN Global Compact 
• Unilever 
• UPS Inc. 
• World Business Council for Sustainable  Development
• World Resournce Institute 

Institute of International Research (IIR): http://www.iirme.com/csr/

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