Hosted by Bucerius Law School
in partnership with Centre for Comparative Corporate Governance (Deakin Law School)
and financial support by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
3 – 4 November 2017
Multinational enterprises, corporate groups and supply chains in a globalised world: Regulatory challenges and approaches, and the future role of company law and corporate governance
| Friday 3 November 2017 | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration: Rotunde, Bucerius Law School, Jungiusstraße 6, 20355 Hamburg Google Map |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | General Welcome Prof. Jörn Axel Kämmerer, Bucerius Law School |
| 09:10 – 09:20 | Introduction of presenters and keynote speaker: Prof. Jean du Plessis |
| Theme 1 (Sessions 1-3): Disclosure and transparency in group context | |
| 09:20 – 09:40 | Session 1: Prof. Gill North Deakin Law School, Deakin University, Australia ‘Supply Chain Management and Reporting: Principles, Practices and Progress’ |
| 09:40 – 10:10 | Session 2: Prof. Karin Buhmann Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark ‘Instrumental Regulation of Sustainable Business and the Role of Non-Financial Reporting: A Case Study of Danish Mandatory CSR Reporting and Corporate Learning for Organisational Change’ |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Session 3: Prof. Charlotte Villiers University of Bristol Law School, UK ‘Why Corporate Disclosure Requirements are an Inadequate Form of Regulation in the Context of Global Supply Chains’ |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Theme 2 (Sessions 4-5): Supply chains and regulation | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Session 4: Dr. Andreas Rühmkorf School of Law, University of Sheffield, UK ‘Supply Chain Responsibility of Multinational Enterprises: The Case for a Hybrid Regulatory Approach’ |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Session 5: Prof. Louis de Koker La Trobe Law School, Australia and Prof. Andrew Haynes Faculty of Law, University of Wolverhampton, UK ‘Supporting Transparency of Corporate Beneficial Ownership’ |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Panel Discussion and Open Session for Sessions 1-5
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| 12:30-13:15 | Lunch |
| Theme 3 (Sessions 6-7): Stakeholders and shareholder primacy | |
| 13:15-13:45 | Session 6: Prof. Susan Watson Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand ‘Moving Beyond Shareholder Primacy and Stakeholder Theory: The Corporation as a Fund’ |
| 13:45-14:15 | Session 7: Prof. Markus Roth Faculty of Law, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany ‘Co-Determination in the Multi-National Firm’ |
| 14:15-14:45 | Coffee Break |
| Theme 4 (Sessions 8-9): Companies and human rights | |
| 14:45-15:15 | Session 8: Prof. James Fowkes Faculty of Law, University of Muenster, Germany ‘Corporate accountability for human rights violations: the neglected significance of the rise of domestic courts in emerging systems’ |
| 15:15-15:45 | Session 9: Prof. Markus Krajewski Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg. Germany ‘The State Duty to Protect against Human Rights Violations through Transnational Business Activities’ |
| 15:45-16:45 | Panel Discussion and Open Session for Sessions 6-8
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| 16:45 | Closing Comments: Prof. Jean du Plessis and Prof. Jörn Axel Kämmerer |