News & Events
Professor Werhane Interviewed in the Chicago Tribune
On Sunday the Chicago Tribune published an interview with the Institute's Professor Patricia Werhane on the role of ethics in companies. To read it, please follow the link.
Event Announcement
The IBPE will present a talk by Leila Janah —CEO of Samasource—on Wednesday May 30th from 4pm-5pm. Samasource is a non for profit that links women, youth and refugees living in poverty with tech clients such as LinkedIn and Intuit. You can view her TED talk here. The talk will take place at 1 East Jackson Blvd. in room 8010. Info: sbrown15@depaul.edu
Resource
Professor Werhane recently gave a talk—on business ethics, trust and Goldman Sachs—at the Investment Management Consultants Association, click to listen.
Going to Poland
The Institute’s managing director Professor Werhane is also this year the president of the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics, or I.S.B.E.E., which meets in Warsaw, Poland in July. Also traveling east are Professor Mollie Painter-Morland, Kim Clark and Mat Newman. For more on the conference.
Professor Werhane on the G8 Summit
Professor Werhane recently spoke about the upcoming G8 summit to be held here in Chicago: here's the video.
Call for Papers
The 19th Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, sponsored by the Vincentian Universities of the United States and to be held at Niagara University, is now accepting submissions for the October 24-26 meeting. For more information, please visit their website: Niagara.edu/ethics
I.B.P.E. Executive Director Patricia Werhane Interviewed on Self-Worth and Recidivism
Inside Higher Ed interviewed the Institute’s Patricia Werhane on self-worth and recidivism in conjunction with “A Fresh Start”—a short documentary that examines a rehabilitation program in Benton Harbor, Michigan. To listen to the program, click here.
Social Venture Business Plan Competition (UPDATE!)
Training for this competiion is available and will take place on February 2 from 3:30-5:00 at the DePaul Center. Here's the schedule:
1. Background Context on Haiti and Description of The Competition: Prof. Laura Hartman, Special Assistant to the President for Haiti Initiatives and Vincent de Paul Professor of Business Ethics, Department of Management
2. The Nature and Establishment of a Social Business: Prof. Patricia Werhane, Wicklander Chair of Business Ethics, Director of the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, and Professor, Department of Philosophy
3. How to Develop a Business Plan: Prof. Scott Kelley, Assistant Vice-President for Vincentian Scholarship in the Office of Mission and Values and Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Please RSVP to: lhartman@depaul.edu
IBPE, in conjunction with the Grameen Creative Lab, is proud to announce the Social Venture Business Plan competition where DePaul students are encouraged to design a replicable modal of a social business that creates at least ten jobs for individuals living in poverty. The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2012. For more information (including content and funding) please click here or you can e-mail Professor Laura Hartman at lhartman@depaul.edu with additional questions.