"How to manage Corporate Citizenship Strategy in the Pharmaceutical and Health Industry" Forum Announced

July 11, 2003

CHICAGO, IL – 22 – 23 October 2003 sees the gathering of industry professionals and experts at the important Healthcare Corporate Citizenship forum. Hosted by Ethical Corporation magazine (www.ethicalcorp.com) the two day business conference will focus on effective community engagement policies, corporate governance issues, access to essential medicines, stakeholder relationship management and more.

GlaxoSmithKline, Baxter, Genzyme Corporation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and others come together to discuss issues such as:

How to assess and build reputation and trust in pharmaceutical and healthcare companies

Choosing and engaging in partnerships with NGOs and governments

How pharmaceutical and healthcare companies should tackle the issue of access to essential medicines in domestic and international markets

Reputational risk assessment and management

Managing Stakeholder dialogues and relationships

Embedding a global code of conduct across your company

Implementing corporate citizenship management systems

Tracking your progress – how do you know when it’s working?

Devising a successful Corporate Citizenship strategy is increasingly becoming an absolute necessity for the industry with recent corporate governance scandals marring the pharmaceutical, and wider, business community. The event is your exclusive chance to meet with leading pharmaceutical and healthcare professionals, NGOs, federal bodies, financial investors, academics and more to argue the solid analytical and business case for effective corporate citizenship and stakeholder relationship policies.

Contact [email protected] to take advantage of speaking, sponsorship and promotional opportunities or call on 1 800 814 3459 ext 318 (USA) or +44 (0) 207 375 7196. Visit www.ethicalcorp.com/pharma2003 for updates.