Business must provide more incentives for the young
Both governments and business were taken to task at a session entitled "Young people at risk" for not doing more to help alienated youth to become useful members of society.
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Advantages of ADR explained
ICC's new rules for the amicable resolution of business disputes were outlined at a session on ICC dispute resolution services. Speakers stressed that successful ADR (amicable dispute resolution) depended on the mutual consent of the parties in dispute.
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"Heavy-handed" investors in developing world are criticized
Nii Quaynor, Executive Chairman, Network Computer Systems, Ghana, accused some big international companies of crowding out local investors in his country.
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EU competition authorities said to put consumer interests second
European Union competition policy came under fire for putting competitors' interests before those of consumers during a session that looked at pitfalls in antitrust policy.
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The environment: let's worry about the right things
A Greenpeace activist who has challenged basic arguments of the environmentalist movement featured in a session on the environment.
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Good business conduct is good for business
Meeting society's expectations for environmental and social responsibility in business behaviour is an increasingly important part of companies' commercial role. This was one of the main conclusions of a session on responsible business conduct during which speakers agreed that good business conduct is good for business
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Resolving the intellectual property dilemma
The session on intellectual property protection highlighted the conflict between the need to preserve economic incentives to innovate and the need to get products, especially drugs, to people who desperately need them.
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Transport and security - getting the balance right
Corporations in every business sector are spending more on security and deploying high technology defences against terrorist attacks in the aftermath of the 11 September assault on New York and Washington.
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FDI biggest, most stable source of capital development
The heightened competitive edge developing countries need to attract foreign direct investment in today's global economy was highlighted in the session on investment as a means of increasing wealth and opportunity in the developing world.
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Global rules for a global economy
A bigger role for the United Nations as globalization advances was foreseen during the session on global governance.
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Global regulation needs to catch up with business
The momentum of business in the global economy is outstripping the regulatory foundations that governments have created, speakers said at a session entitled: "The shape of business - a topsy-turvy picture for industry".
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