| Canada-Russia Corporate Social Responsibility Project | The long term objective of this Canada-Russia CSR initiative is to establish a Canada-Russia Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Network with the goal of promoting socially responsible economic development in the Canadian and Russian North. The intention is to build a network that will include Russian and Canadian businesses working in the Russian Arctic and Northern regions and related Canadian and Russian business associations, Russian and Canadian regional administrations and civic leaders, and relevant Canadian and Russian NGOs, experts, and academics. |
| CBERN Business and Human Rights Symposium | A special event organized by CBERN, at the Schulich School of Business, York University, February 25 - 28, 2010. Papers presented at this Symposium may be included in a special publication devoted to the theme of Business and Human Rights. |
| Codes of Conduct in the Private Sector: A Review of the Academic Literature since 1987 | Codes of Conduct in the Private Sector is a literature review of academic articles (with some exceptions) published in refereed journals or chapters in academic books. The study describes in summary fashion the research that has been conducted over the past two decades, and outlines the topics and themes researched, the methodologies used and general conclusions. |
| Collaborative CSR Case Study | This project seeks to conduct corporate social responsibility (CSR) case study research on the activities of Canadian mining companies in three developing countries, focusing on the social and environmental challenges they encounter. |
| Global Governance Portal: IGLOO.org | The project strives to facilitate the exploration, discovery, collaboration and innovation for change in global governance research, education and practice. |
| Human rights, corporate social responsibility and business practices in Asia | The project intends to research human rights violations and corporate corruption in emerging markets and argue that they have something in common: they are both the result of a dysfunctional legal structure. |
| Inspiring Lawers in Yemen - A Bridges Social Development Project | In May 2007 in Aden, nearly 50 lawyers and judges – young, senior, male and female – participated whole-heartedly and consistently in a one week intensive introductory legal training program hosted by the Aden Bar Association, the Aden Commercial Centre and the Law firm of Sheikh Tariq Abdullah |
| International Polar Year: Training, Communications & Outreach | As part of the IPY initiative, we are proposing to develop tools, and encourage dialogue using those tools, to assist Northern Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities and potential private and public sector partners to share, apply and augment the wealth of existing knowledge required for socially responsible development, access to which is currently restricted by cultural, geographic, linguistic and economic barriers. |
| ISBEE / University of Waterloo / CBERN Project | CBERN supported member participation in an international study of the WTO and its impact on economic development seen from an ethical perspective. |
| Pensions at Work | SSHRC funded project links unions and universities internationally to promote labour education and socially responsible investment of union pension funds. |