Beyond Compliance: Nonproliferation and the Private Sector
Channel: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Date: 07/06/2013

Proliferators pursuing sensitive nuclear capabilities continue to target the private sector. The commodities they seek—known as dual-use—have many applications, but can also be misused in illicit nuclear programs. Governments worldwide have developed export control regimes to protect these items, but regulation alone cannot stop all illicit procurement. 
With the risks to businesses growing daily, what are collaborative steps that government and industry can take to protect products from ending up in the wrong hands? How can "carrots" help incentivize nonproliferation action where the "sticks" of penalties alone may not be effective? Is there a role for industry's own accountability framework—corporate sustainability—to help industry monitor and regulate its own behavior?
Please see Ms. Hund and Mr. Kurzrok's recent related article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, "Beyond compliance: Integrating nonproliferation into corporate sustainability."
Speakers: Gretchen Hund, senior scientist and leader of the Policy and Analysis Team within the Global Security, Technology & Policy Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Andrew Kurzrok, nonproliferation scientist with the Global Security, Technology & Policy Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Moderator: Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program, CSIS
Agenda
2:00-2:10 p.m.  Welcome and Introduction
Ms. Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program
2:10-2:25 p.m. Presentation by Ms. Gretchen Hund, senior scientist and leader of the Policy and Analysis Team within the Global Security, Technology & Policy Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2:25-2:40 p.m. Presentation by Mr. Andrew Kurzrok, nonproliferation scientist with the Global Security, Technology & Policy Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2:40-3:00 p.m. Panel discussion moderated by Ms. Sharon Squassoni
3:00-3:30 p.m. Audience Question & Answer Session