CAROLINE KAEB 500 N Lake Shore Drive, Unit 2102 • Chicago, Illinois 60611 • 312.731.5348 Email: [email protected] https://www.luc.edu/law/faculty/facultyandadministrationprofiles/kaeb-caroline.shtml
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Corporate law; international and European business law; corporate compliance; corporate social responsibility; business and human rights; corporate sustainability; behavioral regulatory design; comparative law; human rights law; international law.
EDUCATION
University of Trento, School of International Studies, Trento (Italy) Ph.D. in International Studies (2012) [International doctoral program conducted entirely in English and taught by members of multi-national faculty body]
• Qualifying exams in international law and international economics • Dissertation: “A Story of Law And Incentives: A Comparative Legal Understanding of Corporate Risk and Incentives in Relation to Human Rights Liability” • Nomination for “best university thesis” award 2012 by School of International Studies
The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC LL.M. in International and Comparative Law (2005)
• Activities: GW Internal Jessup International Law Moot Court, Judge
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, School of Law, Erlangen (Germany) Dipl.-Jurist Univ. and First State Board Examination (J.D. equivalent) (2004)
• Main areas of concentration: Public international and European Law • Hans-Boeckler-Fellow, 1998-2004, Merit Scholarship awarded for academic excellence and social commitment
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Loyola University School of Law Senior Lecturer (2018 – present) • Course: Information Communication Technology and Huma Rights (Practicum)
Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Co-Director of Business and Human Rights Pillar and Senior Fellow (2017 – present)
University of Connecticut School of Business & Human Rights Institute (joint appointment) Assistant Professor of Business Law & Human Rights (08/2014 – 01/2018) • Courses: Corporate Sustainability Practices and Human Rights (now listed as: Corporate Social Impact and Responsibility); Business Solutions to Societal Challenges; Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (honors section); Current Business Topics: Business and Society (Executive MBA); Business, Law, and Ethics in Modern Society (part-time MBA) • Member of graduate faculty (as of spring 2015)
Assistant Professor of Law (courtesy), University of Connecticut School of Law (2014 – 2018)
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) Visiting Assistant Professor (2012 – 2014)
• Courses: Corporate Compliance and the Social Mandate (cross-listed with Kellogg School of Management), European Union Law, Corporations (cross-listed with Kellogg School of Management) • Affiliated faculty (by courtesy), Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship at Kellogg School of Management (2013 – 2014)
Adjunct Professor (2010 – 2012)
• Courses: European Business Law, Corporate Human Rights Responsibility (later listed as: Corporate Compliance and the Social Mandate) • Transnational Business and Human Rights, course module in International Human Rights course • Clinical projects in international corporate compliance with Cisco Inc., the United Nations Global Compact Office, and the Global Network Initiative (industry initiative launched by Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Microsoft to promote freedom of expression and privacy in information communication technologies) (Spring 2011)
Teaching Assistant (2009)
• Course: Corporate Human Rights Responsibility
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Kellogg School of Management Teaching Assistant to ‘Social Enterprise Program’ (09/2009 – 08/2010)
• Courses: Values-Based Leadership, Prof. David Austen-Smith (Fall 2009); Crisis Management, Prof. Daniel Diermeier (2009/2010) (grading assistant)
Friedrich-Alexander-University School of Law, Erlangen (Germany) Law Tutor and Research Assistant (2000 – 2002)
LEGAL PRACTICE Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., Chicago, IL Foreign Legal Adviser (02/2018 – present) • Corporate, Finance, and Acquisitions Group, advising on cross-border corporate and compliance matters for foreign companies entering the U.S. market, including compliance with European data privacy law (GDPR)
ACADEMIC VISITING POSITIONS
LUISS Business School, Rome (Italy) Visiting Researcher, Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability Hub (ERShub) (11/2017) (Also, field research at the Vatican library, Vatican City)
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Visiting Assistant Professor (11/2015 – 01/2016)
Daimler AG, Stuttgart (Germany) Guest Researcher on human rights compliance, Department on “Legal Affairs and Integrity: Corporate Responsibility Management” (09/2015 – 11/2015)
CONSULTANCIES
Center for Justice and Accountability (San Francisco) (02/2018 – present) • Consultant on corporate engagement with public policy (under guidance of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights): conducted three closed-door roundtables with corporate representatives and stakeholder groups; based on consultations, developed recommendations for managerial decision-making. • Consultant on innovative diversification of funding options for the Trust Fund for Victims of the International Criminal Court (TFV) (under guidance of the Registrar of the ICC and the leadership of the TFV), particularly a social impact bond offering with sovereign guarantee facility to meet annual budget requirements for the TFV
Mission Measurement LLC (Chicago-based social impact consulting firm) Lead researcher (09/2010 – 11/2010) • Prepared report on “Next Generation Partnerships – (Core) Business Solutions to Development Challenges” putting forward strategy recommendations on private-public partnership design and implementation • Performed research and strategy formulation on inclusive business practices and social investment • Conducted stakeholder outreach to identify best practices and build relationships with civil society and government
Global Network Initiative • Consultant on data privacy and internet freedom of expression: Helped to develop company assessment scheme and devise independence and competence criteria for external assessors (10/2010 – 05/2011)
POLICY EXPERIENCE
United Nations (Office of Legal Counsel) Adviser to the U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (03/2018 – present) • Raising voluntary funding from governments and the European Union for $24 million budget for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (a war crimes tribunal supported by the UN) and monitoring of the tribunal.
Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law Research Associate/Assistant Director, Memories of Atrocities Victims Project: Cambodia (2011 – 2012)
• Assisted in launching and implementing internet platform for atrocity crimes victims in Cambodia
• Managed conceptualization and implementation of internet platform for atrocity crimes victims in Cambodia • Conducted interviews with victims of Cambodian atrocities for featuring on Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (CTM) as part of outreach strategy to international audience, helped manage day-to-day operations of website • Assisted U.N. Special Expert on the ECCC to develop exhibit concept for U.S. and Illinois Holocaust Museums Caroline Kaeb – Page Three
Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law Research Associate (2008 – 2010)
• Main areas of research: international law, business & human rights, corporate compliance • Prepared legal research, analysis and writing on international law topics with focus on corporate responsibility • Conducted research and drafting for amicus briefs in corporate litigation under U.S. Alien Tort Statute • Established, maintained, and managed relationships with Fortune 500 companies, major law firms, international institutions, and industry initiatives on corporate compliance issues
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Nuremberg (Germany) Legal Trainee (04/2006 – 08/2006)
• Conducted legal research on international refugee law and collected country of origin information • Monitored national asylum practices for compliance with Geneva Refugee Convention and Dublin II Regulation
German Commission for UNESCO, Dep. for Culture, Bonn (Germany) Project Assistant (11/2005 – 01/2006)
• Assisted in organizing multi-stakeholder conference to advance policy objectives on intangible cultural heritage
U.N. - International Labour Office (ILO), Dep. For Social Dialogue, Geneva (Switzerland) Intern (05/2004 – 07/2004)
• Research support for Committee on Human Resources Development at the International Labour Conference • Conducted strategic planning on cross-functional project for multi-stakeholder education initiative by the ILO
District Court and District Administration, Erlangen/Nuremberg (Germany) Law Clerk (2000)
AWARDS • Recipient of Human Rights Institute Fellowship 2017/18 • Faculty partner and recipient, Business and Human Rights Engaged Research Project grant (3 year funding by UConn Provost’s Office as part of the University Academic Plan at UConn) • Recipient of Human Rights Faculty Research Grant 2016/17 • Recipient of Scholarship Facilitation Fund Award 2015/16
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Neuroscience for Leadership, MIT Sloan Management Executive Education, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 28/29, 2017
Summer Intensive Course on Coding and Analyzing Qualitative Data, Odum Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, July 24-25, 2017
PUBLICATIONS [All publications are solo-authored unless indicated otherwise]
ARTICLES
Corporate Morality and Public Policy: The New Frontier of Ethical Business, 50 CASE WESTERN RESERVE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 165-186 (2018)
The Shifting Sands of Corporate Liability under International Criminal Law4, 49 GEORGE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 351-403 (2016) - Cited in: Brief of Ambassador David J. Scheffer, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, As Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petitioners, Joseph Jesner, et al., v. Arab Bank PLC, 822 F.3d 34 (2d Cir. 2016), On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (No. 16-499), at 18, 27-28 (26 June 2017).
A New Penalty Structure for Corporate Involvement in Atrocity Crimes: About Prosecutors and Monitors, 57 HARVARD INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL (ONLINE SYMPOSIUM) 20-25 (2016) at http://www.harvardilj.org/2016/07/a-new-penalty- structure-for-corporate-involvement-in-atrocity-crimes-about-prosecutors-and-monitors/
Putting the ‘Corporate’ Back into Corporate Personhood: A Comparative Legal Analysis, 35 NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND BUSINESS 591-653 (2015)
The Paradox of Kiobel in Europe (with David Scheffer), Agora on “Transnational Human Rights Litigation After Kiobel,” 107 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 852-857 (2013)
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The Five Levels of CSR Compliance: The Resiliency of Corporate Liability under the Alien Tort Statute and the Case for a Counterattack Strategy in Compliance Theory (with David Scheffer), 29 BERKELEY JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 334-397 (2011) - Republished in: HUMAN RIGHTS AND NON-STATE ACTORS (Andrew Clapham ed.) 655-718 (2013) - Cited in: o Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC, 671 F.3d 736, 767 (9th Cir. 2011); o Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 654 F.3d 11, 37 n. 24, 38 n.25, 49 n. 35, 50 n. 38, 53 n. 43 (D.C. Cir. 2011); o Petition for Writ of Certiorari at 34 n. 27, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 133 S.Ct. 1659 (2013) (No. 101491); o Brief of Petitioner at 27, 44, John Doe v. Nestle USA Inc., 2011 WL 2617616 (C.A.9)
Emerging Issues of Human Rights Responsibility in the Extractive and Manufacturing Industries: Patterns and Liability Risks, 6 NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS 327-353 (2008), at http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=njihr
Der Menschenrechtsrat der Vereinten Nationen – ein Neubeginn (The Human Rights Council of the United Nations – a New Beginning), in: 08/06 ENTSCHEIDUNGEN ASYL 1 (Federal German Office for Migration and Refugees ed., 2006)
BOOK CHAPTERS
Law, Morality, and Rational Choice: Incentives for CSR Compliance, in: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY (Charlotte Walker-Said & John Kelley, eds.) (University of Chicago Press, 2015)
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Mandate to Remedy: Between Empowerment and Mitigating Vulnerabilities, in: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY (Charlotte Walker-Said & John Kelley, eds.) (University of Chicago Press, 2015)
BLOG POSTS & MEDIA [hyperlinks included]
The New EU Data Protection Regulation - A Global Standard For Data Privacy (with Rein Krammer), Masuda Funai LLC (May 10, 2018)
A #TalkWith Caroline Kaeb, Chair of the PRME Working Group on Business and Human Rights (at the launch of the PRME Chapter Italy at LUISS Business School, Rome (May 30, 2018)
Build It And They Will Come: The Formative Stages of Human Rights Education in Business Schools (with David Scheffer), Business and Human Rights Journal Blog (Dec. 5, 2017)
A Focus on Sustainable Development Goals with Caroline Kaeb, LUISS Business School (December 4, 2017)
Interviewed about Human Rights: Corporations’ Newest Frontier, UConn Today (May 17, 2017)
Interviewed about Business and Human Rights Compliance, Global Compact Network Canada interview series (July 22, 2016)
The Corporate Joust with Morality (with David Scheffer), Opinio Juris (June 6, 2016)
Top 5 Reasons to Communicate About your Supply Chain Sustainability Efforts (with Sam Shiroff), SB Sustainable Brands (May 7, 2015)
Going Beyond the Letter of the Law: Lessons from Europe on Corporate Accountability, White Paper in association with The Kellogg School of Management and The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program (2014) - Republished in: Sustainability: Executive Perspective: A View from Europe on Corporate Accountability, Thomson Reuters (March 3, 2014)
“The Evolving Regulatory Landscape of Global Commerce: Lessons from Europe and the United States,” 2014 Kellogg School of Management/Aspen Institute Business and Society Leadership Summit: Filling the Governance Gap: Aligning Enterprise and Advocacy, Chicago, IL, February 2014, video remarks available under the following link
America’s Corporate Shield and Europe’s Enterprise Responsibility Following the Rana Plaza Disaster, in: Reputation Rules, guest blog post (Aug. 23, 2013)
WORKING PAPERS
“Regulating Corporate Social Behavior: Behavioral Payoffs of an Integrative Contractarian Approach to Business Ethics” (revise and resubmit to American Business Law Journal)
“Principles-Based Regulation and Compliance: A Framework for Sustainable Integrity” (White paper, with Harlan Loeb)
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WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Mapping the Human Rights Mindset of Corporations: An Empirical Study” (project received funding support from the University of Connecticut and UConn’s Human Rights Institute)
“The Corporate Governance of Human Rights”
“Corporate Compliance and the Social Mandate,” SpringerBriefs in Law series
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
Guest lecturer, “Information Communication Technologies and Human Rights,” in course on International Business Ethics, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA (Sept. 24, 2018)
Panelist, “Redefining the Future of Giving: A Sneak Peek at Philanthropy Cloud,” Salesforce Conections, Chicago, IL, June 14, 2018
Panelist, “Understanding Integrated Thinking as it happens: opportunities for research,” Make Integrated Thinking Happen - Aligning Corporate Purpose with Sustainable Strategy, LUISS Business School, Rome Italy, May 2018
Presenter, “Proposal to Augment Funding of the International Criminal Court,” Side-event to the 16th Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties, New York, NY, Dec. 2017
“Human Rights, Business Ethics, and the Sustainable Development Goals,” LUISS University, Rome, Italy, Nov. 2017
Summary of survey findings about human rights education in business schools, Incorporating Human Rights in Business Education – The Way Forward, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, et al, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 2017
Survey findings about human rights education in business schools, Incorporating Human Rights in Business Education – The Way Forward, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, et al, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 2017
“Corporate Morality and Public Policy: The New Frontier of Ethical Business,” Corporations on Trial: International Criminal and Civil Liability for Corporations for Human Rights Violations, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve Law School, Cleveland, OH, Sept. 2017
“Current Developments in Business and Human Rights—A Transatlantic Perspective,” European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), presentation to ECHR judges and court staff, Strasbourg, France, June 2017
“The Human Rights Mindset of Corporations – A Transatlantic Perspective,” University of Trento, School of International Studies, Trento, Italy May 2017
“Business and Human Rights Instruction: An Empirical Study,” Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum, Columbia University, New York, NY, May 2017
Moderator of two panels on contemporary challenges regarding business school instruction of business and human rights, Conference on Business & Human Rights: Implications for Management, Knowledge Needs and Teaching, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2016
“Corporate Social Responsibility: What Every Manager Should Know” (with Stephen Park), University of Connecticut School of Business Executive Breakfast Series, Hartford, CT, April 2016
Discussant, “Transparency and Respect for Human Rights” (by David Hess), Public Regulation and Private Governance: Competitors or Collaborators?, UConn School of Business & University of Birmingham, April 2016
Panelist, Luncheon on US Launch of the Stop Slavery Award, organized by Baker & McKenzie, New York, April 2016
“A New Penalty Structure for Corporate Involvement in Atrocity Crimes,” Symposium on Business & Human Rights – International Forum to Pursue Justice for Corporate Atrocity Crimes, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, April 2016
Progress Update on Mission of PRME Working Group on Business and Human Rights, UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Session on Cooperation Through Education and Research: The Role of Academic Institutions as Multipliers of the Business and Human Rights Agenda, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 2015
Panel chair, Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights: Learning from the Past to New Futures, Annual Meeting, American Society for Legal History, Washington, DC, Oct. 2015
Co-facilitator (and moderator) of working group, Introduction of new Business and Human Rights Working Group, PRME (Principles on Responsible Management Education) Global Forum, New York, NY, June 2015
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Discussant, “Who Speaks the Culture of the Corporation?” (by Gwendolyn Gordon), UConn Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Conference: Creating Value for Business and Society, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 2015
“Law, Morality, and Rational Choice: Incentives for Corporate Social Compliance,” Zicklin Normative Business Ethics Workshop, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 2015
Speaker, Address on human rights risk and impact assessment at human rights working group, Session on Risk Mitigation – Shaping Adequate and Effective Measures Daimler Sustainability Dialogue, Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 2014
“Benefits of Good Citizenship and Compliance,” 2014 Labor and Employment Summit, Panel on Employee’s Roles in Corporate Compliance: A Broad Aspirational Framework, Chicago, IL, Oct. 2014
Panelist, Symposium on International Trade and Compliance Symposium: State of Play: Impacts of Regulatory Policy on Global Trade, Panel on An Ever Evolving Landscape: Corporate Considerations in International Trade, organized by Connecticut Journal of International Law, hosted by University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Oct. 2014
“Putting the ‘Corporate’ Back into Corporate Personhood: A Comparative Legal Analysis,” 2014 Annual Conference, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Panel on Business Organizations and Combinations, Seattle, WA, Aug. 2014
Panelist, The Hobby Lobby Case: What it Means for Religious Expression, Corporate Personhood, and the Contraceptive Mandate Under the Affordable Care Act, 2014 Annual Conference, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB), Seattle, WA, Aug. 2014
“Putting the ‘Corporate’ Back into Corporate Personhood: A Comparative Legal Analysis,” Internal Faculty Workshop, Northwestern University School of Law, April 2014
“America’s Corporate Shield and Europe’s Enterprise Responsibility Following the Rana Plaza Disaster,” Private Governance Workshop, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Dec. 2013
“What, if Anything, Does Europe Have to Learn from the United States about Corporate Social Responsibility?” (with David Scheffer), Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA), Heidelberg, Germany, Dec. 2013
“Sustainability & Compliance—A Board Model for Multivariable Risk,” Aspen Crisis and Risk Forum: A New Board Model: Navigating the Era of Uncertainty, organized by University of Cambridge, Judge Business School and Edelman Inc., Aspen, CO, June 2013
“The Behavioral Economics of the Supreme Court’s Kiobel Decision,” Regional Colloquium on Globalization of Law, International Organizations, and International Law, Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI, May 2013
Panelist, Symposium on The Fate of the Alien Tort Statute, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law, April 2013
Panelist, Symposium on Human Rights, International Business, and American Law, Allegheny College, April 2013
“Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East,” Global Initiatives in Management (GIM) Middle East, Kellogg School of Management, March 2013
“How the European Court of Human Rights Discovers the Missing ‘Person’ in the Corporation: The Comparative Dissonance between American and European Approaches to Corporate Personhood,” Workshop on International & Comparative Law, organized by Center of Law, Innovation & Economic Growth at Washington University School of Law, March 2013
“John Ruggie’s Business & Human Rights Framework as a Reference Point for Corporate Diversity Work,” Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Conference: Change, Innovation and Organizational Design, Chicago, IL, June 2012
“The ‘Crowding Out’ Phenomenon in Human Rights Litigation Targeted at Corporations,” workshop organized by The Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago, March 2012
“The New Power of ‘Connectedness:’ Lessons from the ICT sector for a new CSR paradigm,” Symposium on Corporate Social Responsibility: A New Business Framework, The University of Chicago, April 2011
Panel chair, Corporate Criminality: The Past, Present, and Future of Human Rights Law and Corporate Responsibility, Symposium on Corporate Social Responsibility: A New Business Framework, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, April 2011
“The Times They Are a Changing” (with David Scheffer), organized by Corporate Responsibility Group, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2010
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“Corporate Responsibility and Business Ethics: Why doing the right thing is more important than ever” (with David Scheffer), organized by Diversity and Inclusion Group, organized by Deloitte Inc., Chicago, IL, Nov. 2010
“The Five Levels of CSR Compliance: The Resiliency of Corporate Liability under the Alien Tort Statute and the Case for a Counterattack Strategy in Compliance Theory“ (with David Scheffer), Public Policy Roundtable on The Alien Tort Statute and U.S. Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, organized by Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, April 2009
“Aligning Responsibility to Action: The Potential of Extraterritorial Adjudication of Liability of Private Military Corporations (PMCs) in Domestic Courts,“ 49th Annual Convention International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 2008
“What’s the Problem? Patterns of Human Rights Abuses in the World for which MNCs are Being Scrutinized for Responsibility,” Sixth Transatlantic Dialogue, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, Oct. 2007
SELECT CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 2015, 2017
Participant in Conversation with the U.S. Government Delegation at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 2017
Invited participant at Annual Award of the Ratzinger Prize, organized by Joseph Ratzinger – Benedikt XVI Vatican Foundation, Rome, Italy, Nov. 2017
Invited participant at Nuremberg Forum on 10 years after the Nuremberg Declaration on Peace and Justice: The Fight against Impunity at a Crossroad, organized by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 2017
3rd Annual Corporate International Governance Society Conference, Corporate Power and Corporate Governance: Balancing Value Creation with Stakeholder Accountability, Rome, Italy, Aug. 2017
U.N. PRME Global Forum (Principles for Responsible Management Education), New York, NY, 2015, 2017
2017 GNI Public Learning Forum, Internet Freedom and the New Era of Censorship and Surveillance, organized by Global Network Initiative; participation in closed learning session on human rights due diligence, June 2017, Washington, DC
Teaching Business and Human Rights Workshop, Columbia Law School, May 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Normative Business Ethics Workshop, The Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, April 2014, Oct. 2014, Dec. 2014, March 2015, April 2015, May 2018
U.N. Global Compact+15 Europe, The Future of Corporate Sustainability and the UN Global Compact in Europe, Berlin, Germany, Oct. 2015
Annual Conference, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 2015
Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Summit, Washington, DC, May 2011
Symposium on “Transnational Corporate Responsibility for the 21st Century,” The George Washington University School of Law, April 2008
Workshop on “The Alien Tort Statute: Litigating International Human Rights Cases in U.S. Courts,” organized by Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law, Feb. 2008
“Social Capital, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Economic Development,” Trento, Italy, organized by University of Trento (Italy) and Econometica July 2007
SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROFESSION
Global Network Initiative • As member of academic constituency (in personal capacity) (02/2018 – present), provided regular advice on data protection and internet freedom of expression • Conducted training of independent assessors on process review component of company assessment • As one of team of five, revamped company assessment and assessor guidance materials (08/2017 – 02/2018) • As member of Policy Committee and Learning Committee (representing the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut) (2015 – 01/2018), reviewed and commented on GNI issues and initiatives Caroline Kaeb – Page Eight
U.N. Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Founding member and co-chair of Working Group on Business and Human Rights (with David Scheffer) (2015 – present) • Conducted survey and data analysis on the current state of university instruction on the subject of business and human rights globally. • Leading outreach effort to promote the Human Rights Open Letter by the U.N. Global Compact with the goal to increase the number of corporate signatories, which has been raised by one third in 2017.
Business and Human Rights Initiative (3-year research grant awarded under UConn’s Academic Vision) Steering Committee Member (2016 – 2018)
Global Training and Development Institute, University of Connecticut Professional Service (Guest lecturer), August 2016
Honors Thesis Adviser, University of Connecticut Topic: “Corporate Social Responsibility and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Comparison Between the German Automotive Industry and the American ICT Industry,” Political Science (Academic year 2015/16)
Journal of Human Rights Ad hoc journal reviewer (Spring 2016)
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Provided expert feedback on guidance document for audit protocol, prepared by the Global Compact Canada Network and in coordination with the Business for Peace initiative (Spring 2015)
Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut Member of Graduate Research Award Committee (Fall 2014)
Business Connections Learning Community, University of Connecticut Lecture on Ethical Leadership (Fall 2014)
2nd Reader to Thesis in International Commercial Arbitration “Emergency Arbitration in International Commercial Arbitration: Present Problems and Future Challenges” (Spring 2013)
Eyes on the International Criminal Court Ad hoc journal reviewer (Spring 2013)
Chicago Field Studies Program, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Research supervisor (Summer 2011)
2010 World Business and Development Awards Member of expert group reviewing award applications (2010)
Human Rights Council, 8th Session, Geneva, Switzerland Academic Observer (June 5, 2008)
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association, Center for Human Rights: Business & Human Rights Project Advisory Board Member
Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum, Columbia University Governance Committee Member
Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Distinguished Fellow
International Corporate Governance Society Member
Society for Business Ethics Member
Academy of Legal Studies in Business Member
American Society of Comparative Law Member
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President’s Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility, University of Connecticut Committee Member (2015 – 2018)
Gladstein Committee, University of Connecticut Human Rights Institute (Assessing how UConn can best contribute to the field of human rights and advising the Director of the Human Rights Institute on related issues.) Committee Member (2014 – 2018)
Chicago Council on Global Affairs Member of the President’s Circle (Young Professionals) (2013 – 2014, 2016 – 2017)
Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship, Kellogg School of Management Affiliated faculty member (2013 – 2014)
American Society of International Law Member (2008 – 2010)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German, fluent; English, fluent; French, good; Latin, good; Italian, basic knowledge
DATE: NOVEMBER 9, 2018