Center For Responsible Enterprise & Trade

THE CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE ENTERPRISE AND TRADE (CREATE.ORG) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HELPING COMPANIES AND THEIR SUPPLIERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS REDUCE COUNTERFEITING, PIRACY, TRADE SECRET THEFT AND CORRUPTION.TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES, WE HAVE DEVELOPED CREATE LEADING PRACTICES FOR IP PROTECTION AND CREATE LEADING PRACTICES FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION, TWO PROGRAMS BASED ON BEST PRACTICES DRAWN FROM COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD, ACADEMICS, AND OTHER LEADING ORGANIZATIONS. OUR OFFERING INCLUDES PRACTICAL, SCALABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE ONLINE ASSESSMENTS, INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS, TRAINING AND OTHER RESOURCES DESIGNED TO BENCHMARK AND IMPROVE PRACTICES FOR SAFEGUARDING IP AND PREVENTING CORRUPTION.

RESEARCH AND WRITING: CONTINUED RESEARCH, REPORTS AND EVENTS THAT RAISED THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES WORKING WITH THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD TO PROMOTE MORE MATURE BUSINESS PRACTICES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AND ANTI-CORRUPTION. TWO WHITE PAPERS WERE RELEASED THAT PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK FOR COMPANIES TO USE ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT TO MANAGE CRICITAL RISKS:"PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THROUGH ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT AND "ADDRESSING CORRUPTION RISK THROUGH ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT." NUMEROUS ARTICLES, WEBINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE BASED ON THE WHITE PAPERS. A TREND ALERT WAS ALSO RELEASED ON IP PROTECTION AND IT SECURITY. EXTENSIVE WRITING AND SPEAKING ON CYBER SECURITY AND TRADE SECRET THEFT WAS RECOGNIZED BY SECURITY MAGAZINE. BLOGGING, PLACEMENT OF ARTIICLES AND PARTICIPATION IN WEBINARS AND EVENTS ON THESE RESEARCH TOPICS WERE DONE IN THE US AND OVERSEAS.

GENERATING MOMENTUM FOR COMPANIES TO WORK WITH THEIR THIRD PARTIES: TO ENSURE A BROAD REACH TO COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD, AND IN PARTICULAR, TO COMPANIES IN EMERGING MARKETS WHO HAVE HAD LIMITED ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES OF IP PROTECTION AND ANTI-CORRUPTION, CREATE CONTINUED TO DO OUTREACH TO COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH MEMBERS INTERESTED IN ENHANCING THEIR CAPABILITIES TO BETTER PROTECT IP AND PREVENT CORRUPTION. PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS WERE SECURED WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVANCE CREATE'S MISSION OF BRINGING LEADING PRACTICES IN IP PROTECTION AND ANTICORRUPTION TO COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD. CREATE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN STANDARDS SETTING ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING AN ANTI-CORRUPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS STANDARD AND THE LICENSING EXECUTIVE SOCIETY FOCUSED ON A STANDARD FOR IP PRACTICES IN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS RAISING WITH MEDIA AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS: OVER 65 PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS AND THROUGH WEBINARS REACHING WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPANIES WORKING WITH THEIR THIRD PARTIES TO ADVANCE LEADING PRACTICES IN IP PROTECTION AND ANTI-CORRUPTION IN THE US, LATIN AMERICA, ASIA AND EUROPE. THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH CORPORATE LEADERS, NGOS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN. CREATE EXPANDED ITS ONLINE PRESENCE IN THIS ENGAGEMENT AND PLACED ARTICLES AND BLOGS IN A RANGE OF MEDIA OUTLETS.