Corporate Complicity: A Case Study in Restorative Justice
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Day 3
Session Code: FS-3BWhen: April 7, 2022
Level: Intermediate
Track: Social Responsibility
Presenters: Chevara Orrin, Collective Concepts | Bacardi Jackson, Southern Poverty Law Center
Prerequisite: Pre-read (journey work) TBD; Article(s) on restorative justice practices within indigenous communities and South Africa’s truth and reconciliation model
Description
Corporations are being challenged to interrogate their own complicity in upholding historic systems of inequity that they now purport to actively work to dismantle as employee activism, conscious consumerism, and stakeholder solidarity emerge.
During the past year, a record number of companies around the globe have made public apologies for the role they played in the institution of slavery—from financial institutions to publishing giants to esteemed universities. Simultaneously, many white-identifying employees are reckoning for the first time with accountability for interpersonal harm they have perpetuated against colleagues of color.
Despite acknowledging the harm, white employees often struggle with how to move towards reparative action and resist the root cause of continuing harm—their own privilege. Restorative justice is a model that can guide businesses in the work against institutional racism and inequity.
Learning Outcomes
• Acquire a working knowledge of the three pillars of restorative justice
• Explore the framework of restorative justice through the lens of a personal case study
• Map your own personal and institutional restorative justice plan
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