Transcript Project Overview and Progress

BUSINESS REGULATION AND
CORPORATE CONDUCT (BRCC Project)
Project Overview
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Progress
Regional Dialogues, July 2011
Project Summary
Objective: To examine the relationship between business
regulation and corporate conduct in the context of
sustainable, economic growth in India.
Partner: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
Aim: Comprehend (through research and fieldwork) constraints
in business regulation in select Indian states and motivate
corporate entities (through dissemination and advocacy) to
emerge as champions of responsible business conduct
Four States & Two Sectors
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Anticipated Outcomes
• Enhanced understanding of the interplay between business
regulation and corporate conduct
• Policy inputs for reforming business regulation
• Improved skills among Indian government and business
representatives to pursue responsible business conduct
• Stimulation of a discourse and advocacy on the subject
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Project Outputs
• Identification of specific constraints to business promotion
• ‘Good case practices’ related to corporate conduct in two
sectors
• State level policy inputs for sustainable business promotion
• National level policy inputs for balancing business regulation
and corporate conduct
• Training modules on business regulation, corporate
governance and CSR relevant for Indian states
• Research products and their dissemination through popular
media
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Project Activities
1. Preparatory Work & Inception Meeting
2. Thematic Research
3. Regional Dialogues on Thematic Issue
4. Development of pilot programmes (State Level)
5. Research on Business Regulation (State Level) in four states
6. State level Dialogues on Business Regulation
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Project Activities
7. Research & State Level Dialogues on Corporate Governance &
CSR (two sectors)
8. National Policy Forum
9. State Level Policy Inputs
10. Training Modules and Capacity Building (Training)
Programme
11. Final Project Report Submission & Wrap-up
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Research Methodology
Research Question - What elements of effective business
regulation are likely to stimulate responsible corporate
conduct among firms in India?
Components • Choice of States – Criteria for Selection
• Choice of Sectors – Criteria for Selection
• Designing the Research Methodology
• Gathering inputs from primary and secondary sources
• Analysis and Policy inputs
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Research Outputs
• A thematic research report elucidating the main
research question
• Four state-level research reports on state-level
business regulation and its implication for corporate
conduct
• Two sectoral reports that highlight how responsible
corporate conduct results from business regulatory
measures
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Research Outputs
• One monograph collating the experience gathered
in the states and sectors – highlighting the
interplay between business regulation and
corporate conduct
• A National Policy Position Paper – suggesting
measures to stimulate responsible corporate
conduct
• Training and capacity building materials
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Project Progress
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Preparation and groundwork
Team and Advisors
Thematic Research Outline
Launch Meeting (21st April 2011, New Delhi)
Research Methodology
Regional Dialogues
– Northern India – 12th July 2011, Jaipur
– Southern India – 15th July 2011, Bangalore
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Next Steps
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Finalisation of Thematic Research Report
Research Methodology design
Design of State-level research and advocacy programmes
State Inception Meetings (4 states)
Undertaking Research in States
State-level Dissemination & Advocacy
National level Advocacy and Policy inputs
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Thank you