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The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee is a national leader for attorneys working in this rapidly growing practice area. The rise of transnational business has created new challenges for corporations and their counsel. Companies in nearly every industry -- from technology, to apparel, to mining and extractive industries -- have come under scrutiny from governments, human rights groups, and their shareholders as they navigate the challenges of investing and operating in foreign nations, with vastly different standards of human rights, environmental protections, and corruption standards that are expected of them at home. Companies face lawsuits in the U.S. courts for alleged violations of the Alien Tort Statute and a host of other laws for their conduct abroad. At home, corporations seek guidance in seeking to remain profitable industry leaders, while fulfilling their obligations as good corporate citizens.
The CSR Committee provides a unique forum to address these issues, from a practitioner's perspective. Our members include general counsels of major international corporations, leaders in corporate CSR practice groups, attorneys in private practice, government officials, and intellectual leaders in the field.
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