Paul Rowson Jornada Iberdrola

9 de octubre de 2003
JORNADA SOBRE LA EMPRESA Y LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL: RETOS MUTUOS DE FUTURO

Resumen de:
Responsabilidad y acción social empresarial

Paul Rowson

Jornada sobre La Empresa y la Sociedad Civil.

Artículos de las intervenciones:

• Ignacio Sánchez Cámara
• Pedro Schwartz
• Wolfgang Bernhardt
• Jordi Canals
• Rafael Alvira Domínguez
• Paul Rowson
• Sergio Belardinelli
• Víctor Pérez Díaz
• Nicolás Grimaldi

Paul Rowson
2000 – to date: Business in the Community - Field Director. As part of the CEO team reporting directly to the Chief Executive, Paul has responsibility for financial and operational development of the English regions, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regional teams work with our 750 member companies developing their corporate social responsibility and their impact on disadvantaged UK communities.

1997: Business in the Community - Regional Director for Wales, liaising with over 300 private sector companies on their community impact programmes. Project Director for the Penrhys Partnership, an amalgam of public, private and not-for-profit sectors working to improve the quality of life in marginalised areas, undertaking significant capital projects and sustaining a range of successful education, cultural and training initiatives.

1991: Consultant with the Prince’s Trust working on development programmes for young people in disadvantaged areas.

1986: Director at the Extra Mural Centre, United World College of the Atlantic with responsibility for finance, strategy, marketing, training and development.

Other areas of work included liaison with senior level executives within public and private sectors; provision of residential personal development and vocational training courses for groups nationwide; senior management training for multi-national companies and consultancy work on income generation and resource management at the sister college in New Mexico.

1984: Director of the Ackers Trust Birmingham with total responsibility for a multi purpose education and leisure project including strategy, staffing, finance,

fundraising, training and development. Other work included links with local government and the private sector; special education and training programmes for the long-term unemployed, and marketing customised training packages for the private sector.

Responsabilidad y acción social empresarial

Paul will talk about the growth of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the work of Business in the Community highlighting the positive impact of private sector company involvement in regenerating disadvantaged communities. He will articulate the business case for responsible business practice and talk also about how communities view the partnership with the private sector. In closing, Paul will offer a personal view of CSR and issues that might impact on this.