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Corporate accountability and the Simultaneous Policy
Experts from campaigns advocating increased accountability for corporations will be presenting their proposals at a meeting at the UK Parliament, organised by Simpol-UK (the UK member of ISPO - the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation) and hosted by John Penrose MP, one of a dozen MPs who have so far signed a pledge to implement the Simultaneous Policy (SP) alongside other governments. Simultaneous implementation is intended to remove the fear of first-mover disadvantage and the very real risk of a country losing investment and jobs if it unilaterally introduced policies necessary to solve global problems. The content of the Simultaneous Policy is to be determined by campaign supporters known as SP Adopters and Simpol-UK and local SP Adopters Groups are actively exploring possible policies for inclusion.
Speakers include:
Franklin Fredrick: A member of the Brazilian Health Council working group on mineral water and the Movement to Protect the Water of Minas Gerais, speaking on efforts to protect the right to water (UK organisations including ActionAid, Baby Milk Action, Christian Aid, War on Want and WDM launched a declaration supporting this call on 2 March).
Craig Bennet: Head of Corporate Campaigns, Friends of the Earth, a member of the CORE coalition campaigning for corporate law reform
Tricia Feeney: Executive Director of Raid (Rights and Accountability in Development) on human rights norms and corporate accountability
John Bunzl: Founder of ISPO and author of the book The Simultaneous Policy on how SP can help to make corporate accountability a reaity.
John Penrose: MP for Weston-super-Mare on the Conservative view and the role of SP.
SP provides a new democratic space to discuss the policies necessary to address global problems. Support for the campaign transcends party politics. The host of the event, John Penrose, is a Conservative MP who signed the pledge to implement SP during the last election (MPs from Labour, LibDem and Plaid Cymru have also signed the pledge see www.simpol.org.uk for a full list and further information).
Mike Brady, Coordinator of Cambridge SP Adopters Group, organised the event on Corporate Accountability for Simpol-UK having held public meetings on the topic in Cambridge in the past. He said:"Corporations support strong regulation in the areas of contract law and protection of intellectual property rights and some advocate a level playing field with strong measures on environmental and human rights issues. As corporations become ever more powerful in this era of globalisation there is urgent need for we, the people of the world, to develop and implement a new social contract defining and enforcing acceptable corporate behaviour.
Accountability and responsibility lays with every individual and every company.
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