Multinational Corporations (MNC) as International Causes

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME             Multinational Corporations (MNC) as International Causes 27th May, 2024 Centre Marc Bloch Friedrichstraße 191, Berlin, Salle Simmel – 3rd floor 08:30 – 09:00 Reception 09:00 – 10:30 Employer Mobilization and Regulation of MNC                                         Chair: Isabella Löhr (Freie Universität Berlin/ZZF Potsdam) Marieke Louis (Centre Marc Bloch): ICC and IOE leaders, multinational companies and business diplomacy (20th-21st Centuries) Maia Müller (Université de Lausanne): The reactions of international business associations to attempts at regulating multinational corporations: a transnational coordinated response, 1964-1992 Sabine Pitteloud (UniDistance Suisse): Swiss Multinationals, International Regulations and Global Contests in the 1970s Blanche Segrestin (Mines Paris Tech): Multinational Impacts/ Private Governance: Can We Conceive a Law to Hold Multinational Corporations Accountable? (by Zoom)   10:30 – 10:45 – Break –   10:45 – 12:15 MNC in their Territories and Social Mobilization                                          Chair: Sandrine Kott Marie Huber (Universität Marburg): Corporate Pathways in (PostColonial Contexts: Business Histories, Trade Dynamics, and Skills Development in Africa and Asia since 1950 Jochem Rinsma (EUI): Shop Floor Internationalism: The Transnational Information Exchange, European Auto Workers, and the Birth of Brazilian Neoliberal Democracy Francesco Petrini (Padova University): Runaway capitalism. Multinational Corporations and Social Conflict during the Long 1970s Dmitri van den Bersselaar (Leipzig Universität): Multinationals and trade unions: insights from Unilever (1970s-1980s) 12:15 – 13:00 – Lunch break on site –   13:00 – 14:30 MNC and Corporate Social Responsibility Chair: Marieke Louis Dorothea Hoehtker (ILO): Regulating MNEs to protect workers and environment? – The 1984 Bhopal chemical accident and the ILO Laure Bereni (CNRS, Centre Maurice Halbwachs): A transnational category? Comparing workplace diversity programs in U.S and French multinational companies Sandrine Kott (Université de Genève/New York University): Christian Mobilizations on the Issue of Multinationals and the Meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility Birgit Müller (EHESS): La quadrature du cercle de la zéro émission nette. Multinationales et gouvernance du climat   14:30 – 14:45 – Break –   14:45 – 16:00 Discussion on network structure and calls for projects   Note that this workshop is, in principle, restricted to the participants. In case of interest by members of the CMB, please contact: marieke.louis@cmb.hu-berlin.de