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At the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG), we understand that not only States but also non-State actors, including corporations, play a significant role in society's economic and social life. While corporations have, throughout history, contributed in various ways to human rights violations and mass atrocities, **corporations can also play a meaningful role in preventing human rights violations and mass atrocities** in a given society. They can do this by positively impacting critical risk areas such as levels of economic and social development, discrimination, and gender inequality. The second edition of the **Corporate ESG and Atrocity Prevention: Effectively Mitigating Atrocity Risks through Social and Governance Goals** is a 3-week, asynchronous online course designed for corporate professionals interested in Environmental, Social, and Governance standards (ESG), business and human rights, compliance or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Building on AIPG’s extensive experience in online education and training and the success of the previous edition of this course, **Corporate ESG and Atrocity Prevention: Effectively Mitigating Atrocity Risks through Social and Governance Goals,** is the Auschwitz Institute’s leading dedicated course for the business sector. Unlike existing trainings, this course complements traditional ESG and business and human rights resources with a toolkit that helps corporate leaders understand how more informed approaches to atrocity risk identification, assessment, and mitigation in their ESG policies and practices lead to increased benefits for their companies and society as a whole. This course does not require legal training or formal compliance training. To ensure that each participant receives adequate feedback from her or his peers and the course instructor, class sizes are limited to 25.
The Auschwitz Institute's Corporate ESG and Atrocity Prevention: Effectively Mitigating Atrocity Risks through Social and Governance Goals online course:
1. Introduces participants to the concepts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, as well as the processes through which they occur;
2. Engages participants in a critical examination of the role corporations have played in past mass atrocities and how corporations can use the ESG Framework to exercise their responsibility to prevent human rights violations and mass atrocities;
3. Instills in participants the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that their corporate ESG practices effectively contribute to atrocity prevention at all stages – from preventing mass atrocities from ever taking place, to preventing further atrocities once violence has begun, to helping societies rebuild in the wake of atrocity violence – within the societies where they and their suppliers operate; and
4. Fosters an open and respectful exchange between individuals from different corporate sectors with the aim of developing a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives and practices, with a particular focus on the role played by discrimination and “otherness” in fostering inequality.
### **Part One | Concepts in Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention: The Corporate Responsibility to Prevent and the ESG Framework.**
The first week of the course provides participants with an overview of the concepts of genocide and mass atrocities, including the processes, risk factors, accelerants, triggers, and prevention mechanisms involved in these crimes. Participants will also examine the corporate purpose and the pathway to international recognition of corporate responsibility to prevent human rights violations, as well as the ESG framework and its potential for atrocity prevention.
### **Part Two | Corporate Involvement in Genocide and Mass Atrocities: The Preventive Role of Corporate Governance.**
During the second week, participants will examine historical case studies of corporate involvement in fostering mass atrocities and analyze the various forms of accountability and sanctions applied to corporate participation in mass atrocities. Participants will focus on the “G” - Governance - of the ESG Framework, examining the role of identity in how corporate executives make decisions and the factors that lead them to participate in mass atrocities, as well as best practices for applying an atrocity-prevention lens to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
### **Part Three | The Preventive Role of Corporate Social Standards: Managing Atrocity Risks throughout the Supply Chain and in Social Media Content.**
The third and final week of the program focuses on the “S” - Social Standards - of the ESG Frameworks and examines their relation to atrocity prevention. This course segment will allow participants to explore ways to ensure that their supply chain risk management incorporates an atrocity-risk identification and an atrocity-prevention lens throughout the process. It will also provide participants an insight into how managing content on corporate social media platforms can contribute to atrocity prevention and ESG goals.
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**Tuition:** USD$750.00 **Online application link:** **** **Registration deadline:** October 20, 2022 **For more information, please contact Matt Rozansky, Executive Office Program Officer at** **[matthew.rozansky@auschwitzinstitute.org](mailto:matthew.rozansky@auschwitzinstitute.org)**
**Course Participant Testimonials**
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Great, GREAT course. Not just from a professional perspective but also from a personal one. I will recommend it to everyone and make it mandatory to my team!" "In this course the different views of the past, present and future of corporations and businesses regarding human rights violations, their participation in crimes against humanity, child labor and slave labor in the supply chain, among other illegal actions, provide a global perspective of the risks –much closer than one can imagine–which a company and its officers can incur." ".. the examples of misconduct and involvement of different types of companies in mass atrocity crimes were very useful, and so was learning the fact that this can happen anytime, everywhere. … Learning tools to prevent is hugely important to us, in order to try to implement them in our daily work, and within the culture of our companies." "The most important thing I learnt from the course and that I will apply immediately is that I need to encourage inclusion and non-discrimination in my workplace and that I need to include this objective as an important component of my advice to my company clients."
**About the Auschwitz Institute**
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The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities is an international non-governmental organization founded in 2006 that supports States through education, training, and technical assistance programs to develop and strengthen policies and practices for the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities. AIPG's core mission is based on the belief that preventing genocide and other atrocity crimes is an achievable goal. With a diverse network of more than 6,500 program alumni from 92 countries and offices in Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Kampala, New York, Oświęcim, and São Paulo. AIPG works directly with governments and institutions worldwide in regional and international programs in more than five languages.
