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World Inquiry Presents
4th Annual International Online Conference
Business as an Agent of World Benefit: What's Next?
April 26th – 27th 2007
*** VIEW THE FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS HERE ***
In the recent years issues of business-in-society have moved from the periphery of public dialogue to the center stage across board rooms, class rooms, and chat rooms. As we cheer the European Union decision to cut emissions by 20% by 2020, follow the Business Week’s ongoing attention to profitable greening, and look forward to research updates of the Academy of Management “Doing Well By Doing Good” conference, the questions of what’s next become more visible.
What’s next? Where do we, as a field, want to go? What do we, as community of shared vision, want to turn our attention to?
The 2007 International Online Conference seeks to provide a platform to connect around issues of business-in-society; to bring back together all the thinking partners linked by the Global Forum 2006, B·A·W·B Summit 2005, and previous online conferences of the Center, and to share news, questions, and updates the field has to offer.
The conference is sponsored by the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, and is FREE to all participants. Registration closes April 23, 2007.
Conference Highlights
Featured Presentations
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David Cooperrider, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Faculty Director of the Center for Business As An Agent of World Benefit, at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, will highlight the emerging use of Appreciative Inquiry in the domain of sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. David has served as researcher and consultant to a wide variety of rganizations, using the Appreciative Inquiry methodology which he pioneered. He is also the past President of the National Academy of Management's Division of Organization Development, and a co-founder of The Taos Institute. He has lectured and taught at Stanford University, MIT, University of Chicago, Katholieke University in Belgium, Pepperdine University, and others. |
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Chris Laszlo, partner and co-founder of Sustainable Value Partners, Inc, will offer an overview of sustainability as a strategy for competitive advantage, and share ideas on the future of the field. Chris lectures on sustainability in leading business schools including INSEAD and CEDEP.
For nearly ten years, he was an executive at Lafarge S.A., a world leader in materials, holding positions as head of strategy, general manager of a manufacturing subsidiary, and vice president of business development. Prior to that he was with Deloitte & Touche, where he consulted to global industry leaders such as Dupont, Toshiba, Avon Products and Renault on strategy. Laszlo earned a PhD in Economics and Management Science. His latest book is The Sustainable Company: How to Create Lasting Value through Social and Environmental Performance (Island Press, October 2003).
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Angel Cabrera, Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact and President, Thunderbird School for Global Management & Manuel Escudero, Head Networks and Academic Initiatives at the United Nations Global Compact will share exciting updates on the development of the Principles for Responsible Management Education. The UN Global Compact is the world's largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative with more than 3,000 participating companies and around 700 nongovernmental organizations and academic institutions from some 100 countries. The Principles for Responsible Management Education initiative aims at encouraging business schools and other academic institutions to increase their attention and contribution to responsible corporate citizenship. The Principles will express how academic institutions can advance the corporate citizenship agenda.
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Featured Mini-Documentaries
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Fairmount Minerals, headquartered in Chardon, Ohio, is one of the largest producers of industrial sand in the United States. In 2005, the company started its system-wide transformation towards becoming a sustainable enterprise guided by the balance of financial, ecological, and social outcomes. The mini-documentary follows Fairmount Minerals journey, and highlights some of its early results.
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Shaw Industries, a leader in carpet manufacturing, has created the first non-PVC recyclable carpet backing in the world. The mini-documentary tells the story of this highly successful product, and offers insights into the demanding process of “green” innovation.
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The Best of the Past BAWB Events: Featured Multimedia Presentations |
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C.K. Prahalad, the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, is widely regarded as one of the most influential strategists of our time. In this inspiring keynote delivered at the Global Forum 2006 Business as an Agent of World Benefit: Management Knowledge Leading Positive Change, C.K. Prahalad shares his ideas on poverty, health, and beyond.
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Unilever, the Fortune Global 500 company and the second largest food producer in the world, has been pioneering products and services that successfully and profitably address such issues as poverty and global health. In this speech delivered at the BAWB Forum 2006, company CEO Patrick Cescau highlights Unilever’s business innovations for common good.
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*** View the schedule of events here *** |
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