Legon CCR holds training programme

The Centre for Corporate Responsibility (CCR) has held its 4th Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Training Programme under the theme- ‘Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law: Corporate Liability in Ghana."

In his opening address, Dr. Dan Ofori, Coordinator of the CCR, emphasized that the training programme fell within the CCR’s mandate of mainstreaming Corporate Responsibility in Ghana and creating a new generation of business leaders who are knowledgeable about and committed to corporate social responsibility.

Dr. Ofori, who is also a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Organisation & HRM of the UGBS explained that the Centre's aim is to equip managers with key skills to enable them to place sustainability and responsibility at the heart of their operations through the integration of CSR behaviour within organisations.

Dr. Olivia Anku-Tsede of the UGBS, who facilitated the programme, explained employers' liabilities with respect to statutory deductions; injury in the normal course of work; liability of torts committed by employees against third parties; right to work under safe and healthy working conditions; equal pay for equal work; rest, recuperation and leisure and joining a trade union.

She also expatiated on employer liability on health and safety; forced labour; employment of young persons; bribery and corruption; noxious trade; environmental hazards; recruitment of children and trafficked persons.

The CCR was established under a cooperation agreement between the UGBS and the Centre for Cooperation with the Private Sector, (CCPS) of the GIZ, South Africa. The CCR’s key thematic areas are: Streamlining Corporate Responsibility into Business Operations; Business and Human Rights; Business and the Environment; Anti-Corruption, Transparency & Business Ethics; Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Promoting & Hindering Factors for CSR; and CSR Reporting  and Audit.

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