China-OECD Multi-stakeholder Symposium on "Government Approaches to Encouraging Responsible Business Conduct"
Report of Working Group 2 Discussion
18/07/2008
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1. Participants saw the discussion in Paris as only the first step in developing a process of dialogue with China on responsible business conduct. We appreciated the interventions of the Chinese participants in the Group but the discussion crucially lacked the voice of several important Chinese constituents who for understandable reasons were not present at the seminar. We therefore urge the organizers to move forward with the program of work on RBC and look forward to a further discussion being held in China with all of the relevant actors present.
2. Responsible Business Conduct should be seen as a means to an end, not an end in itself. The common objective that we all share is ensuring Sustainable Development in China and beyond; this includes the three pillars of Sustainable Development – the economic development necessary to move out of poverty; the need for environmental sustainability; and the social sustainability by creating decent work and fair distribution. These goals have also been recognized in the Chinese government’s own notions of balanced development.
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