Chip Pitts

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American professor and lecturer (born 1960)

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Chip Pitts (born November 24, 1960) is an American lecturer who has regularly taught at Stanford, Oxford, and as a Professor or Visiting Professor at other major universities in the West and Asia. Considered one of the world’s “top academics on corporate responsibility,” his teaching includes leadership, global governance, business and human rights, sustainability, and ethical globalization. Advisor to the UN Global Compact, he has led the Compact’s Good Practice Note project since its inception. Currently a board member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, he has also been a board leader (among others) of Bonn-based Fairtrade International, former President and Chair of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, and former Chair of Amnesty International USA.

Career

Pitts is an international attorney, human rights activist, businessman, and law educator who brings practical as well as academic experience to bear in lecturing on human rights and international business at law schools and universities including Stanford and Oxford.

Former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia, Inc. and partner at Baker & McKenzie law firm, Pitts has served as founding executive, entrepreneur, and investor in technology startups including Tellme Networks. Among awards Pitts has received are the Peacemaker of the Year award from the Dallas Peace Center,{{cite web |title=Chip Pitts Peacemaker of the Year |publisher=Dallas Peace Center |date=Fall 2004 |url=http://dallaspeacecenter.org/PAD/2004/Pitts |accessdate=February 13, 2009

He is a frequent keynote speaker at academic conferences, international conferences, world affairs councils, civil liberties conferences, and foreign policy committee meetings. For over two decades, he has represented the United States government as well as nongovernmental organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights First (fka Lawyers Committee for Human Rights), and the Advocates for Human Rights at the United Nations.

He was an advisor to the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights, and is a board or advisory board member of other organizations including The Negotiations Center, the London-Based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the ACLU of Dallas.

He blogs at www.CSRLaw.org, and his writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines ranging from The Washington Post to the Wall Street Journal, from The Nation and The New Republic to Liberty magazine and The American Conservative, and from the Washington Spectator to Foreign Affairs. He has testified before foreign parliaments and the U.S. Congress, appears frequently in international media on topics including international law, privacy, national security, and human rights, and his broadcast commentaries have appeared among other places on National Public Radio and Public Radio International. Pitts is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the Pacific Council on International Policy in San Francisco.

Works

Pitts is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous articles and several books, including:

  • Corporate Social Responsibility: A Legal Analysis (LexisNexis, 2009)
  • Human Rights Corporate Accountability Guide: From Law to Norms to Values (BLIHR & Harvard, 2008).
  • Business, Human Rights, & The Environment: The Role of the Lawyer in CSR & Ethical Globalization 26:2 Berkeley J. Int'l Law 479 (2008).
  • Baker & McKenzie NAFTA Handbook (CCH 1994).

References

References

  1. (May 13, 2003). "Chip Pitts, Lecturer in Law". Stanford Law School.
  2. (May 13, 2017). "Chip Pitts, Faculty, Oxford University Program International Human Rights Law". Oxford University.
  3. (February 2010). "Visiting Professor, Minnesota Human Rights Center". Minnesota Law School.
  4. (December 1, 2010). "Visiting Professor, CEIBS". China Europe International Business School.
  5. (December 2011). "Professor, Kyung Hee School of Law, Seoul Korea". Kyung Hee School of Law.
  6. (May 13, 2010). "Editor, Ethical Corporation Magazine: Top Academics on Corporate Responsibility". Ethical Corporation Magazine.
  7. (December 19, 2012). "Good Practice Notes on Human Rights Released". United Nations Global Compact.
  8. (February 2015). "Board Member, Electronic Privacy Information Center". Electronic Privacy Information Center.
  9. (February 2013). "Board of Directors, Fairtrade International". Fairtrade International.
  10. (Spring 2005). "From Nobodies to Somebodies: How 100 Great Careers Got Started". Portfolio.
  11. Stanford Law School. "Lecturer, Stanford Law School". Law.stanford.edu.
  12. "The Spirit of Social Enterprise Lecture Series".
  13. "University of Oxford Continuing Education". Conted.ox.ac.uk.
  14. (October 11, 1999). "Top Nokia Executive to Join TellMe Networks". Findarticles.com.
  15. (October 2009). "Thought Leaders Network, Chip Pitts". CriticalEye.net.
  16. "LegalSpan Faculty: Chip Pitts". Legalspan.com.
  17. (January 2013). "EPIC v. DHS (Suspension of Body Scanner Program)". Electronic Privacy Information Center.
  18. "Amicus Brief of International Law Scholars". Center for Constitutional Rights.
  19. (April 4, 2011). "Transatlantic Symposium Focuses on Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities". Law.northwestern.edu.
  20. European Coalition for Corporate Justice. (May 29, 2008). "Conference: Smart Regulation – Legislative Opportunities for the EU to Improve Corporate Accountability". Corporatejustice.org.
  21. (July 17, 2011). "World Affairs Council - World Affairs Council".
  22. Ghouse, Mike. (April 18, 2008). "Keynote Speaker: Chip Pitts". Dallasmuslimcenter.blogspot.com.
  23. [http://www.dallascfr.org/programs_history.asp "Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations: Human Rights and International Business"] {{webarchive. link. (September 24, 2007)
  24. (August 8, 2003). "United Nations Press Release: Independent Expert of the Commission on Human Rights on the Right to Development Addresses Sub-Commission". Unhchr.ch.
  25. "Who We Are: Advisors". Blihr.org.
  26. (July 30, 2008). "Board of Advisors". Utdallas.edu.
  27. (May 15, 2003). "International Advisory Network". Business-humanrights.org.
  28. "EPIC Advisory Board". Epic.org.
  29. [http://www.aclutx.org/chapters/dallas.php "ACLU Dallas Board"] {{webarchive. link. (March 11, 2009)
  30. "Tough Patriot Act Followed by Forty Nations". Twf.org.
  31. "Author Bio: Chip Pitts". Thenation.com.
  32. (November 2016)
  33. [http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2002_09/pitts-glimpse.html "Minority Report: A Glimpse Ahead?"] {{webarchive. link. (July 20, 2008)
  34. (February 13, 2006). "Counsels of a Liberal Ex-President". Amconmag.com.
  35. (March 15, 2007). "Under Surveillance: The End of Illegal Domestic Spying? Don't Count on It". Washingtonspectator.com.
  36. Pitts, Joe W.. (July 1, 2002). "Inequality is No Myth". Foreignaffairs.org.
  37. [http://www.observatoriorsc.org/descargas/comunicados/Conclusiones%20mesa%20redonda%205Nov.pdf "Responsabilidad Social Corporativa una visión desde el marco internacional: Congreso de los Diputados (5 de noviembre de 2007)"]{{dead link. (November 2011)
  38. "Re-Authorization of the USA Patriot Act (June 10, 2005)". Commdocs.house.gov.
  39. Al Jazeera Network. (May 3, 2011). "Al Jazeera Speaks to International Legal Expert, Chip Pitts". www.aljazeera.com/.
  40. All Things Considered. (May 28, 2002). "Exxon-Mobil Shareholders". Npr.org.
  41. John Herb. (November 3, 2003). "Money and Politics". Npr.org.

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