CSR Conference: Bringing the Social Dimension into Business, 2010, LBS LAGOS NIGERIA

Event Category Conferences
Date Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Time 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Duration 28 September
Venue Honeywell Group Auditorium, Pan-African University Ajah.
Caption CSR Conference: Bringing the Social Dimension into Business Description This conference aims at increasing the awareness of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria, to get more companies to incorporate corporate social responsibility in their business models and to get companies who are already doing so to do better.

In today’s complex competitive business environment the management of social issues poses a key challenge for many companies. Identifying and addressing these issues early on and managing them actively can increase the likelihood of success for companies. Most Nigerian companies have not integrated society into their business strategy in a way that reinforces competitive advantage for the business.

There is an inevitable link between business and society: a healthy business depends on a healthy community to create demand for its products and provide a supportive business environment.  Every organisation operates in a competitive context that is inevitably affected by social and community conditions.  Companies should integrate a social dimension to their value proposition because it is more sustainable than conventional cost and quality advantages.

Work-life balance is an essential part of corporate social responsibility. Corporations are increasingly recognising that an inadequate work-life balance can have detrimental impact on staff performance, satisfaction and retention. When employers target good work-life balance, they can see that reducing stress and frustration resulting from poor work-life balance can be beneficial to both parties.

The conference offers top management the opportunity to strengthen their ability to integrate social issues into the way they do business.

Guest Speaker:

Bryan Sanderson
Bryan Sanderson is the former Chairman of Standard Chartered. He is currently Chairman of Northern Rock, Urban Regeneration Company Sunderland and Co-Chairman of the British Government’s Asia Task Force.

He spent 36 years at BP in positions that included Managing Director and Chief Executive of BP Nutrition in 1987; Chief Executive of BP Chemical in 1990, and then a main Board Director. In 1992 he was appointed Managing Director of BP, with group responsibility for Asia Pacific. He continued as CEO of BP Chemical until 2000.

Sanderson served as Chairman of Standard Chartered from 2003 to 2006. His focus on governance issues strengthened the board and contributed to the bank’s continued growth in shareholder value and market capitalisation. Other past chairmanships include the Learning and Skills Council, Sunderland FC, and health insurer BUPA.

Sanderson was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to industry in 1999.


Other speakers

Dr. Chantal Epie
A member of the LBS faculty since 1993, Dr. Chantal Epie is an Associate Professor and currently heads the Academic Department of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management. She has over 30 years’ experience as a management trainer. She teaches management communication, organisational behaviour and personal skills (negotiation, time management, personal effectiveness, speedreading etc.) in LBS programmes, and has written over 50 cases and technical notes for these courses.  She is also a visiting professor of business ethics and management at Institut de Hautes Etudes – Afrique (IHE), Abidjan.   

She is a member of the advisory board of the Centre for Research on Organisation, Work and Family (CROWF) of Strathmore University, Nairobi and a Director of the Institute for Work and Family Integration (IWFI), a non-profit initiative to promote work-family balance in Nigeria.

Dr. Epie graduated in Law from the University of Paris, later obtained an MSc in Organisational Behaviour from the University of London, and then a Doctorate in Business Administration from Business School Lausanne. She is also a certified MBTI practitioner.

Her past research was in negotiation, team work and work stress. The focus of her current research is work-family integration and the organisational benefits of work-life balance.

Iquo Ukoh - Director, Nestle Nigeria Plc

Femi Odumabo - General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Chevron Nigeria Limited.
 


 
Programme
 
Partcipants Profile MD/CEOs and top executives of organisations, directors of human resources, directors/heads of foundations and NGOs in the social space and top executives responsible for CSR
 
Fee =N= 20,000.00