As the global agenda is increasingly shaped outside the traditional framework of nation states, corporations not only have licence to operate in the global system, but also a civic duty to contribute to its sustainable health. How should corporations exercise their civic duty with regard to major global issues? A session held at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 
Panellists included: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; John T. Chambers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco, USA; Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008; H.M. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered, United Kingdom; Wang Jianzhou, Chairman and Chief Executive, China Mobile Communications Corporation, People's Republic of China; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008. Session was chaired by Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School, USA.