My Interest in Business Ethics

Region
International

Sector
Public Sector - Crown Corporation

Areas of Interest
Climate Change ; Codes of Conduct ; Corporate Social Responsibility ; Globalization ; Human Rights ; Indigenous People ; Leadership ; Sustainability ; Theory - Shareholder


Me in Brief

Yolanda Banks is Senior Advisor (Corporate Social Responsibility) at Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada’s export credit agency. She is responsible for CSR reporting, transactional reviews and management of stakeholder relations with non-governmental entities.

She serves on the Management Advisory Board of the Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN), and was previously part of Canada’s delegation to the International Standards Organization Working Group on Social Responsibility
(ISO 26000). Before EDC, Ms. Banks was with the Canadian International Development Agency and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada with postings in London, Dhaka, Addis Ababa, with cross-accreditations to Myanmar and Sudan.

She holds an MA (International Affairs) from Carleton University, and a MBA from the University of British Columbia.