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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 Caroline Kaeb – Page Two 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