February 27, 2009
Panel Discussion on Ethics and the Current Economic Crisis
The Center for Business Ethics is hosting a panel discussion on "Ethics and the Current Economic Crisis: Lessons We Can Learn" on March 23, 3009 in the Neeley Lecture Hall, 1st Floor; Massey Business Center. Networking begins at 4:30 p.m. with the discussion and Q & A portion to follow at 5:00 p.m. Panel members are listed below.
The Panel Will Include:
Dr. J. Patrick Raines
Dean, College of Business Administration,
Belmont University
Harold Fogelberg
Belmont Business Ethics Faculty
Barbara F. Richards
Chartered Financial Consultant
TrustCore Financial
Robert D. Tuke
Partner, Trauger & Tuke
Ethics and Law Faculty
Vanderbilt University School of Law
The event is free, and reservations are not required. If you have questions, contact Becky Gann at (615) 460-6601 (gannb@mail.belmont.edu).
October 28, 2008
Jonathan Wight to Speak on Expectations for the New Presidential Administration
The Center for Business Ethics presents The New Administration and the Economy: What Can We Expect with the author of Saving Adam Smith Jonathan Wight.
A not-to-be-missed event! Just two days after the election and in the midst of a national economic upheaval, noted economist and Adam Smith scholar Jonathan Wight will tell us what to expect of a new administration in the White House.
Wight is Professor of Economics at the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. His academic novel, Saving Adam Smith: A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue, explores the ethical foundations of capitalism and the creation of social and moral capital in business.
November 6, 2008
4:30 p.m.: Reception
5:00 p.m.: Speaker and Q&A
Massey Board Room
4th Floor; Massey Business Center
Reservations
The event is free but seating is limited. If you would like to reserve a seat, please complete our registration form
or contact Becky Gann at (615) 460-6601; gannb@mail.belmont.edu.
Parking will be available in the garage underneath the Gordon Inman Center.Please click here for a campus map.
October 02, 2008
Cynthia Cooper to Speak at Belmont
October 21, 2008: Cynthia Cooper will speak on Ethical Dilemmas: Power and Money
Maddox Grand Atrium; Curb Event Center; speaker at 5:00 p.m.; reception following
Cynthia Cooper served as Chief Audit Executive for MCI until July 2004. In 2002, Ms. Cooper and her team identified the corporate fraud at WorldCom – to date, the largest corporate fraud in history. She has written about this experience in Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower (February 2008, John Wiley & Sons).
Ms. Cooper speaks to both students and professionals across the country to share some of the lessons she has learned and to emphasize the importance of strong ethical leadership. She has donated profits from her book to further ethics education for high school and college students.
Prior to joining MCI, Cooper worked in public accounting in Atlanta, Georgia for Price Waterhouse Coopers and Deloitte & Touche. She previously served on the Accounting Advisory Board for the University of Alabama, and currently serves as the Chairperson of the Louisiana State University Center for Internal Auditing Advisory Board and the Mississippi State University Executive Advisory Board.
In 2002, Ms. Cooper was named one of Time Magazine’s Persons of the Year. She was inducted to the 2004 AICPA Hall of Fame and was featured as one of twenty-five influential working mothers in the November 2004 issue of Working Mother. Ms. Cooper is also the 2003 recipient of the Accounting Exemplar Award, which is awarded annually to an individual who has made notable contributions to professionalism and ethics in accounting practice or education. The American Accounting Association’s Public Interest Section has also recognized Ms. Cooper for her efforts to promote professionalism and ethics in the accounting profession.
September 03, 2008
Father and Son Duo John Seigenthaler, Sr. and Jr. to Speak at Belmont
Please join us for a dialogue between John Seigenthaler, Sr. and John Siegenthaler, Jr., on the topic "Ethics and the Presidential Election: Is the Media Helping or Hurting?" Seigenthaler, Jr. is former NBC news anchor and now Partner and CEO, Seigenthaler Public Relations New York. His father, John Seigenthaler, Sr., is the founder of the First Amendment Center and a former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He served for 43 years as an award-winning journalist.
The Seigenthalers will speak on September 26 in the Frist Lecture Hall of the Gordon E. Inman Center at 10:00 a.m.
RESERVATIONS
These programs are free, but seating is limited. Please contact Becky Gann to make a reservation at (615) 460-6601; gannb@mail.belmont.edu.
Reminder: David Callahan will speak on September 9 in the Maddox Grand Atrium of the Curb Center at 5:00 p.m. with a reception at 4:30 p.m. Parking will be available in the Curb Garage adjacent to the Curb Event Center.
John Seigenthaler, Jr., CEO of SPR New York, specializes in crisis and reputation management, media strategy and media training. One of the nation's most respected broadcast journalists, John was the anchor of the top-rated NBC Nightly News Weekend Edition from 1999 to 2007 and host of MSNBC Investigates, an hour-long documentary series. In addition, he served as a special correspondent for NBC News, anchor for MSNBC and The News on CNBC, and substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, TODAY, and Meet the Press. He also anchored the Court TV program Under Investigation and a special on the Titanic for the Discovery Channel.
Called "the thinking man's broadcaster" by The New York Daily News, John began his television news career in 1980 as an anchor, reporter and producer for NBC affiliate WSMV-TV, Nashville, and over the course of a decade covered most of the city's major news stories. From 1990 to 1993, he was an anchor and reporter for KOMO-TV in Seattle, an ABC affiliate. He returned to Nashville in 1993 to co-anchor the nightly news for WKRN-TV, also an ABC affiliate. In 1996, NBC tapped him to be co-anchor of Morning Line, a weekday morning news broadcast on its new cable news channel, MSNBC, which launched his 11-year career with the network.
John has won numerous awards and distinctions for his work, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for a series of stories on the civil rights movement, National Headliner and Iris awards for coverage of a Tennessee prison riot, an American Bar Association award for a documentary on the death penalty, and two regional Emmys.
John Seigenthaler, Sr. founded the First Amendment Center in 1991 with the mission of creating national discussion, dialogue and debate about First Amendment rights and values.
A former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Seigenthaler served for 43 years as an award-winning journalist for The Tennessean, Nashville's morning newspaper. At his retirement he was editor, publisher and CEO. He retains the title chairman emeritus. In 1982, Seigenthaler became founding editorial director of USA TODAY and served in that position for a decade, retiring from both the Nashville and national newspapers in 1991.
June 30, 2008
Ethics Center Announces Fall Speaker Series
The Belmont Center for Business Ethics will present some outstanding programs during the fall of 2008. The first presentation will be on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. David Callahan, author of the best-seller The Cheating Culture, will make a presentation on Ethics and Politics. For more information about the event or to RSVP email cobaethics@mail.belmont.edu. For a biography of David Callahan, visit The Cheating Culture website.
Other upcoming events will continue the theme of ethics in government and politics as Belmont prepares to host a 2008 Presidential Debate. Other events include:
September 26: John Seigenthaler, distinguished Founder of The First Amendment Center, will lead a discussion on Ethical Responsibility and the Presidential Election: Is the Media Helping or Hurting? The Ethics Center will sponsor this event with Belmont’s New Century Journalism Program.
October 21: Cynthia Cooper, WorldCom whistleblower, Time Magazine 2005 Person of the Year, and author of Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower will make a presentation on Ethical Dilemmas: Power and Money.
November 6: Jonathan Wight, noted economist and author of Saving Adam Smith: A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue, will make a presentation on November 6 (just two days after the presidential election) on The New Administration and the Economy: What can we expect? What should we expect?
March 31, 2008
David Beckmann to Speak on on "Connecting Faith and Ethics to Economic Life"
IT’S NOT TOO LATE! If you have not already signed up, there is still time for you to register to attend the presentation by David Beckmann, noted economist and President of Bread for the World, on Tuesday, April 8, at 5:00 PM. Along with his unique perspective as a minister and economist, Beckmann brings a wealth of experience from 15 years with the World Bank to his presentation.
The April 8 presentation by David Beckmann on "Connecting Faith and Ethics to Economic Life" will be held in the Frist Lecture Hall in the Gordon E. Inman Center on Wedgewood Avenue. There will be a Reception at 4:30 PM and Beckmann’s presentation will begin at 5:00 PM. This event is free, but seating is limited. If you would like to reserve a seat, send an email to cobaethics@mail.belmont.edu .
A Lutheran minister and an economist, Rev. David Beckmann earned his Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics, a Master of Divinity from Christ Seminary in St. Louis, and his undergraduate degree from Yale University. He has received honorary doctorates from Villanova University, the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and Capital University.
Rev. Beckmann was called by his church to be a "missionary-economist," and he served in a church-supported development program in rural Bangladesh from 1975-76. He then moved to the World Bank for 15 years, where as a World Bank economist he played a prominent role in the Bank's heightened focus on poverty reduction and fostered greater collaboration between the Bank and grassroots groups that work for poor people. He supervised slum improvement projects, wrote speeches for the president of the Bank, and finally led the Bank's efforts to engage with religious, environmental, and other grass-roots groups around the world.
Rev. Beckmann served for several years on the board of Bread for the World before becoming president of the organization in 1991. Bread for the World is a grass-roots, Christian citizens' movement against hunger. Its 56,000 members and member churches urge the U.S. government to take actions to reduce hunger, both domestic and international. Rev. Beckmann is also president of Bread for the World Institute, which does research and education on hunger. Rev. Beckmann has written numerous books and articles. His books include Grace at the Table: Ending Hunger in God's World, Transforming the Politics of Hunger and Friday Morning Reflections at the World Bank.
February 26, 2008
Noted Economist David Beckmann to Speak at Belmont Ethics Center Event
On Tuesday, April 8, David Beckmann will speak on Connecting Faith and Ethics to Economic Life. The presentation will draw on Beckmann's expereince as an economist, minister and President of Bread for the World, a non-profit organization focused on issues of hunger.
The presentation will be in the Frist Lecture Hall in the Inman Center (4th floor) on Wedgewood Avenue. There will be a Reception at 4:30 PM and Beckmann’s presentation will begin at 5:00 PM. This event is free, but seating is limited. If you would like to reserve a seat, send an email to cobaethics@mail.belmont.edu
A Lutheran minister and an economist, Rev. David Beckmann earned his Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics, a Master of Divinity from Christ Seminary in St. Louis, and his undergraduate degree from Yale University. He has received honorary doctorates from Villanova University, the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and Capital University. He is also fluent in Spanish.
Rev. Beckmann was called by his church to be a "missionary-economist," connecting Christian faith and moral teaching to economic life. He served in a church-supported development program in rural Bangladesh from 1975-76. He then moved to the World Bank for 15 years, where as a World Bank economist he played a prominent role in the Bank's heightened focus on poverty reduction and fostered greater collaboration between the Bank and grassroots groups that work for poor people. He supervised slum improvement projects, later wrote speeches for the president of the Bank, and finally led the Bank's efforts to engage with religious, environmental, and other grass-roots groups around the world.
Rev. Beckmann served for several years on the board of Bread for the World before becoming president of the organization in 1991. Bread for the World is a grass-roots, Christian citizens' movement against hunger. Its 56,000 members and member churches urge the U.S. government to take actions to reduce hunger, both domestic and international. Rev. Beckmann is also president of Bread for the World Institute, which does research and education on hunger.
In addition, he is the founder and president of the Alliance to End Hunger, which engages diverse institutions in building the public will to end hunger. The Alliance includes corporations, unions, foundations, charities, and governmental and U.N. institutions.
Rev. Beckmann has written numerous books and articles. His books include Grace at the Table: Ending Hunger in God's World, Transforming the Politics of Hunger and Friday Morning Reflections at the World Bank.
October 31, 2007
Upcoming Presentation "A CEO Perspective on Ethical Leadership"
On Wednesday, November 14, the Belmont Center for Business Ethics will present a panel of CEOs, who will speak on “A CEO Perspective on Ethical Leadership.” Members of the panel will be Mike Edwards, First Tennessee; Orrin Ingram, Ingram Industries Inc.; and Jim Wright, Tractor Supply. HCA’s Alan Yuspeh, is scheduled to moderate this distinguished panel of experts (Yuspeh shown in photo from a 2006 Center event).
This event will take place in the Frist Lecture Hall of The Gordon E. Inman Center on Wedgewood Avenue. Parking will be available in the garage under the building. There will be a networking reception at 4:30 PM, and the panel presentation will begin at 5:00 PM.
There is no fee to attend this event, but seats are limited and registration is required. If you would like to attend, please send an email to cobaethics@mail.belmont.edu
September 29, 2007
Curb, Ingram and Wright to Participate in Ethics Panel
On Wednesday, November 14, The Center for Business Ethics will present a panel discussion entitled “A CEO Perspective on Ethical Leadership.”
The panel will include: Alan Yuspeh, HCA, Moderator; Mike Curb, Curb Records; Orrin Ingram, Ingram Industries Inc.; Jim Wright, Tractor Supply.
The event will be held in the Frist Lecture Hall in the Inman Center on Wedgewood Avenue. The reception will begin at 4:30 and the presentation will begin at 5:00 pm. For additional information, contact cobaethics@mail.belmont.edu.
September 03, 2007
Best-selling Author, Dennis Bakke, to Speak September 25
Hear a Powerful Speaker and Get a Free Copy of JOY AT WORK!
What if you worked in a company where 40,000 employees in 31 countries sought not the “fun” of "casual Friday" but the joy of making decisions on Monday? You’d work at a company like AES—the worldwide energy giant that Dennis Bakke co-founded in 1981 and built into a multi-billion dollar company.
Mr. Bakke, author of the best seller JOY AT WORK: A Revolutionary Approach to Fun on the Job, will speak at a September 25, 2007 event sponsored by the Belmont Center for Business Ethics. His topic will be “Ethics as a Foundation for Joy At Work.”
Bakke’s passion is to “make work exciting, rewarding, stimulating and enjoyable.” Does your workplace exhibit these characteristics? JOY AT WORK explores how “to create a workplace where every person from custodian to CEO has the power to use his or her God-given talents to experience joy." Bakke emphasizes that principles and values must guide all decisions in the business world.
His presentation will be in the Frist Lecture Hall on the 4th floor of the Gordon E. Inman Center on Wedgewood Avenue. Free parking will be available in the garage under the building. There will be a networking reception at 4:30 p.m. followed by Mr. Bakke’s presentation at 5:00 p.m.
The event is free, but seating is limited. If you would like to reserve a seat and find out about receiving a free copy of Bakke’s book, send an email to cobaethics@mail.belmont.edu
February 19, 2007
Well-Known Author, Anthony Campolo, to Speak at Belmont
Dr. Anthony "Tony" Campolo will speak at a March 12, 2007 event sponsored by the Belmont University Center for Business Ethics. His topic will be "Eliminating Poverty with Faith-Based Business Initiatives."
Dr. Campolo has written 33 books on a variety of subjects related to social issues and religion. In his presentations, he explores how faith can offer solutions in a world of complexity. Dr. Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. David, Pennsylvania. He is in great demand as a media commentator and public speaker.
His presentation will be in the Frist Lecture Hall on the 4th floor of the Gordon E. Inman Center on Wedgewood Avenue. Parking will be available under the building. There will be a networking reception at 4:30 p.m., followed by Dr. Campolo's presentation at 5:00 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Please send an email to ethics@mail.belmont.edu to reserve a seat, or call 460-6601.
October 03, 2006
Nationally Known Business Ethics Speaker, Walt Pavlo, to visit Belmont
On Monday, October 16th, Belmont invites students, alumni, and members of the Nashville community to hear Walt Pavlo give a presentation on the “Anatomy of a White Collar Crime.” Mr. Pavlo was convicted of a multi-million dollar fraud, and after serving time in prison, began speaking about how to avoid the mistakes he made at MCI and to share a powerful message about the importance of ethical responsibility in the workplace. There will be a networking reception at 5:00 PM in the Neely Dining Room Lecture Hall to be followed by Mr. Pavlo’s presentation at 5:30 PM. No fee or registration is required. For additional information, please contact Dr. Harry Hollis at (615) 460-6834 or visit the Belmont Center of Business Ethics.
In 2003, Mr. Pavlo left federal prison and formed Etika, LLC as an avenue to share his tragic experience as a young man in the telecommunication industry so that others could learn from his mistakes, the shortcomings of his work environment, and the challenges that every company faces in maintaining ethical standards.
Mr. Pavlo has spoken at the top U.S. business schools, Fortune 500 companies, the FBI, the US Attorneys Office, the SEC, and a number of professional societies. He has been featured on prominent television news programs such as ABC Nightline and CNN as well as featured in USA Today, Forbes, and the Wall Street Journal. Please plan to attend this profound presentation on the issues surrounding the growing ethical concerns in the business community.
March 25, 2006
Nobel Prize Winning Economist Speaks at Belmont
Dr. Robert Fogel, 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Sciences, spoke to a capacity crowd on Wednesday, March 22nd at Belmont. His talk, "The Contribution of Enthusiast Religion to the Shaping of American Civilization," was based on his most recent book, The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism, which argues that every movement of progressive economic, social and political change in U.S. history has had Christians in the vanguard. His talk at Belmont was sponsored by the Belmont Center for Business Ethics' James M. Medlin Speakers Series in Business Ethics.
February 25, 2006
Registration Open for Nobel Prize Winner's Presentation
On Wednesday, March 22nd at 3:30 pm, Belmont hosts Robert Fogel, Charles W. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions and Director, Center for Population Economics at The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; Winner, 1993 Nobel memorial Prize in Economic Science.
Dr. Fogel will present a program entitled “The Contribution of Enthusiast Religion to the Shaping of American Civilization.” Pre-registration is required but there is no fee.
Click here to download a registration form and read more about Dr. Fogel’s appearance. (PDF)
January 30, 2006
Nobel Prize Winner to Visit Belmont
On March 22, Belmont students and members of the Nashville community will have the opportunity to hear an address by Dr. Robert William Fogel, who won the Nobel Prize for economics in 1993. Dr. Fogel will speak at Belmont on The Contribution of Enthusiast Religion to the Shaping of American Civilization. There will be a reception at 3:00 PM in the Maddox Grand Atrium in the Curb Event Center to be followed by his presentation at 3:30 PM.
Robert Fogel won the Nobel Prize for being a leader in the field of “New Economic History.” This branch of economic history combines economic theory, quantitative methods, hypothesis testing, counterfactual alternatives and traditional techniques of economic history to explain economic growth and decline. Simply put, Dr. Fogel applies economics and statistics to the study of history.
Dr. Fogel will be speaking at Belmont as part of The James M. Medlin Speaker Series in Business Ethics. James Medlin was a highly successful real estate developer who served on Belmont’s Board of Trustees for twelve years. In the business world, he was recognized as man who stood tall, believing and practicing high moral and ethical standards of conduct in all business relationships. This program will be a part of the Medlin Speaker Series, and there will be no fee for attending the reception and the presentation by Dr. Fogel.
Professor Fogel’s parents immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1922 and he was born in New York City in 1926. Mr. Fogel was heavily influenced by his brother’s passion for learning. Mr. Fogel fondly remembers overhearing his brother and his classmates having intense discussions about the Depression and its social and economic impact. Educated in the public school system, Mr. Fogel aspired to a career in science. It was at Cornell that Mr. Fogel’s interest turned from physics and chemistry to economics and history. After completing a BA at Cornell in 1948, Mr. Fogel continued his studies at Columbia, receiving his Master’s degree in 1960. In 1963, Mr. Fogel obtained his PhD from John’s Hopkins University.
Mr. Fogel is well known for his work on the role of railways and their impact on the economic development of America. He concluded that railways were not a crucial part of explaining economic development and that; in fact, the railways’ effect on the growth of the United States GNP was less than 3%. In his controversial work on slavery in the United States, Fogel argued that the market would not have ended slavery, as it remained a profitable and efficient system for slave owners. This refuted the commonly established belief that the institution failed because of economic weakness. Fogel asserted that, while inhumane, slavery was economically efficient and failed because of moral and political decisions. Mr. Fogel’s recent book, The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism, integrates the history of religious revivals, or awakenings, with social reform and the American pursuit of equality.
Mr. Fogel is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions in the Graduate School of Business and Director of the Center for Population Economics in the University of Chicago. He has taught at the University of Rochester, Cambridge University, and Harvard University. He has received numerous awards and prizes for his work, including the Arthur C. Cole Prize (1968), the Schumpeter Prize (1971), the Bancroft Prize (1975), the Gustavus Myers Prize (1990), and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science (1993).
If you would like to register to attend Dr. Fogel’s presentation, please contact Dr. Harry Hollis at Belmont’s Center for Business Ethics at hollish@mail.belmont.edu
October 07, 2005
Preventing and Managing Ethical Misconduct Disasters
On Wednesday, October 19, Linda Ferrell and O.C. Ferrell, leaders in the field of business ethics education, will make a presentation at Belmont on a topic that can no doubt help all businesses today.
The Ferrells, who are business professors at the University of Wyoming, will speak on “Preventing and Managing Ethical Misconduct Disasters.”
O.C. and Linda Ferrell have written one of the most widely adopted business ethics textbooks, and have published numerous articles on ethics in business and professional journals. They will speak to students, faculty and members of the Nashville business community about using ethics education to prevent and manage ethical misconduct disasters.
Participants will be able to meet the Ferrells at a reception at 4:30PM in the Neely Dining Room, Massey Business Center. The Ferrells’ presentation will begin at 5:00 and conclude by 6:00.
Companies are far better off if they practice a strategy that enables them to prevent serious ethical misconduct. As the Ferrells and John Fraedrich have suggested in their very successful textbook, such a strategy “requires values-based leadership from top management, purposeful actions that include planning and implementation of standards of appropriate conduct, as well as openness and continuous effort to improve an organization’s ethical performance.”
In their work in the field of business ethics, the Ferrells have gained a solid reputation for providing carefully created ethics education that strengthens businesses and enables them to avoid the losses that come with ethical failures. The Ferrells are also experienced in helping companies restore reputations and morale after ethical misconduct has occurred.
You are encouraged to take part in this enlightening ethics event, which is sponsored by the James M. Medlin Speaker Series in Business Ethics. Thanks to the generosity of the Medlin family, no fee will be charged; however, registration is requested. To register for the program, contact Dr. Harry Hollis, director of the Center for Business Ethics at 615.460.6834 or by email at hollish@mail.belmont.edu.
Ethics Event Fills Atrium to Capacity
A crowd of approximately 500 people - faculty, students, staff and members of the local business community - filled the Maddox Grand Atrium Wednesday to hear John Sage, CEO, president and co-founder of Pura Vida Coffee, talk about a "tough-minded and tender-hearted capitalism" that could be "an engine for social change." Sage described how Pura Vida Coffee - the name means "pure life" - uses the profit-making capacity of capitalism as a 'funding agent' to support positive social outcomes.
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