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Publications
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Bangladesh-India
Relations : Perspectives from Civil Society
Dialogue
Edited
by: Prof. Rehman Sobhan
Published by: Centre for Policy Dialogue
(CPD)
And University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka;
August 2002; Price: Tk. 280.00
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The
book covers the outcome from eight Indo-Bangladesh
dialogues which spanned over six years, between
1995 and 2001. The dialogues were jointly
organized by the Centre for Policy Dialogue
(CPD), Dhaka and the Centre for Policy Research
(CPR), New Delhi. The current volume on Bangladesh-India
Relations : Perspectives from Civil Society
Dialogues originates in the reports prepared
on these dialogues which concentrated on such
vital issues of Bangladesh-India bilateral
relations as the use of common resources,
trade and investment, political and security
concerns and socio-cultural relations. Over
the years, these dialogues were participated
by a number of influential political leaders,
representatives from civil society and experts
with considerable standing in both the countries,
and their deliberations.
CPD Dialogue Reports
Report No. 49 Financial Sector Reforms in
Bangladesh: The Next Round (July 2002) Tk.
40.00
Report
No. 50 Forestry, Forest Biodiversity &
Governance: Looking for a Pro-People Policy
(July 2002) Tk. 35.00
CPD
Occasional Paper
Paper 16 Privatisation in Bangladesh : An
Agenda in Search of a Policy (August 2002)
Tk. 40.00
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CPD
Study on Corporate
Responsibility
(From
page-1)
Health
and safety policies and procedures
are neglected in two-thirds
of the companies which is also
corroborated by a number of
fatal accidents in some of the
RMG and other industries. The
study also came up with evidence
about gender discrimination:
more than 56 per cent of the
companies were found not prefering
women employees/ workers and
50 per cent of the companies
[preferring women workers/employees]
prefer women workers of particular
age group as employees. Environmental
concerns were also found to
be highly neglected by most
of the companies in Bangladesh
and environmental management
did not receive due attention
even in companies which ought
to have taken interest in environmental
issues. Civil society respondents
expressed their frustration
about such state of affairs.
While
demand for responsible behaviour
from corporates are increasing,
it needs to be appreciated that
it is a shared responsibility
of all stakeholders and the
relevant institutions. Also
corporate responsibility will
not be carried out with due
diligence unless its various
elements
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are
not integrated into the broader
goals and strategies of country's
development. There must be a confluence
of social and corporate goals
and strategies to implement what
constitutes corporate responsibilities.
While the elements of corporate
responsibility will not to be
addressed at the company level,
accountability, monitoring and
enforcing laws related to labour
issues, environment protection,
and health and safety concerns
is also the responsibility of
all stakeholders including overseeing
institutions.
The
survey also found companies
which are sensitive to their
responsibilities and endeavour
to improve the quality of corporate
governance. But the number of
such companies was negligible.
It is to be noted that the issue
of compliance with standards
of corporate behaviour is also
increasingly becoming a market
access issue. From this perspective,
Bangladesh will need to strategise
on two fronts: that these are
not used as market access barriers
and at the same time undertake
effective measures in order
to raise the quality of corporate
governance.
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The full version of the research
study has been published under
CPD Occasional Paper Series
(Paper 18). The Executive summary
has been posted on the CPD website:
www.cpd-bangladesh.org
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Upcoming
Activities of CPD
• Dialogue
under CPD study on Child Labour Policy will be
held on October 8, 2000 at the CPD Dialogue Room.
Government officials of the line ministries, entrepreneurs,
academics and representatives from the grassroot
organisations are expected to take part in the
dialogue.
• Dialogue
on National Committee Reports on the Gas Sector:
Where Do We Go from Here? will be held on October
17, 2002 at the CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka.
• The
CPD Executive Committee Meeting will be held on
October 27, 2002 at the CPD Dialogue Room.
• The
SACEPS-CPD Task Force Meeting on A Citizen, Social
Charter will be held during December 12-13, 2002
at the BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka.
• CPD
will organise a dialogue on WTO Doha Declaration
on TRIPs and Public Health: What is in it for
Bangladesh? in collaboration with the Centre for
Trade Policy and Law, Ottawa, Canada . The dialogue
will be held on December 15, 2002 at the BRAC
Centre Conference Room, Dhaka.
• The
CPD-CTPL Third Trade Policy Appreciation Workshop
will be held during December 17-19, 2002 at the
BRAC Centre Conference Room, Dhaka.
•
CPD in collaboration with the Bangladesh Paribesh
Andolon (BAPA) will organise a dialogue on WTO
and Environment : Bangladesh Perspective at the
Science Annex Building of Dhaka University on
December 20, 2002.
•The
WTO Task Force Meeting of the South Asia Centre
for Policy Studies (SACEPS) will be held at the
CPD Dialogue Room on December 21, 2002.
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Published
by : Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
House 40C, Road 11, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka
Mailing Address : GPO Box-2129, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Tel : 880 2 8124770, 880 2 9141734, 880 2 9141703, Fax
: 880 2 8130951
E-mail:cpd@bdonline.com; Website:www.cpd-bangladesh.org
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