| 2021-2022 |
"Giving Voice to Values: The 'How' of Values-Driven Leadership Development" Mary C. Gentile download poster |
| 2020-2021 |
“Exploring Moral Neutrality in a Morally Complex World” David Goldman chairman of the Board of Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. The video of Mr. Goldman’s talk can be found online. |
| 2018-2019 |
“Ethics as a Business Imperative” Dr. Leo S. Makay, Jr., Senior Vice President, Ethics and Enterprise Assurance, Lockheed Martin |
| 2017-2018 |
“Truth-Seeking in an Age of Tibalism: Lessons from the Flint Water Crisis and its Aftermath” Dr. Marc Edwards, Charles P. Lunsford Professor, Virginia Tech. |
| 2016-2017 |
“Leading with Integrity,” Bill O’Rourke, Retired Alcoa executive. The video of Mr. O’Rourke’s talk can be found on-line. |
| 2015-2016 |
“Fraud, Lies, and Hermes Ties,” Aaron Beam, Founder and first CFO of HealthSouth |
| 2014-2015 |
“Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility: The Ethical Responsibility of Business in Social Change,” Tom Clarke, CEO of Kissito Healthcare. The video of Mr. Clarke’s talk can be found on-line. |
| 2013-2014 |
Mark Whitacre, Whistle-blower, former felon, Archer Daniels Midland |
| 2012-2013 |
Doug Wagoner, Senior Vice-President, SAIC |
| 2011-2012 |
“Parking lines to Ponzi Schemes: The Ethical Spectrum,” Brigadier General Jack Grubbs (Ret). The video of General Grubbs’s talk can be found on-line. |
| 2010-2011 |
“Ethical Leadership: The Power of One,” Jack Radke, Attorney, Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. |
| 2009-2010 |
“Ethics R U: Finding Your Moral Compass,” CE Andrews, president of RSM McGladrey |
| 2008-2009 |
“From Prominence to Prison: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things” Patrick Kuhse, Ethics Fellow at the University of Florida and Suffolk University |
| 2007-2008 |
“The Cheating Culture,” David Callahan, author |
| 2006-2007 |
cancelled |
| 2005-2006 |
“Leadership and Ethics Lessons from Katrina,” Jeff Senior, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing for Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Clint Bruce, former Navy SEAL |
| 2004-2005 |
“Tyco” Restoring Trust in the Corporate World & Related Lessons Learned,” Eric Pillmore, Tyco’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Governance & former CFO of Multilink & CFO of General Instrument |
| 2003-2004 |
“Confessions of an Enron Executive,” Lynn Brewer, author and former Enron executive |
| 2002-2003 |
“The Crisis in Business Ethics,” Eugene Fife, Retired Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
- Patricia Werhane, University of Virginia, “Why Do Good People Do Bad Things”
- Brian Mihalik, Virginia Tech, “Ethics in Hospitality & Tourism Management”
- Eugene Fife, “Reflections on the Crisis in Business Ethics”
- Earving Blythe, Vice President for Information Technology, Virginia Tech, “Innovations in Technology & Their Impact on Our Expectations for Privacy & Ownership”
- Elizabeth Murphy, Chief, Office of Rule Making, Division of Corporate Finance, Securities & Exchange Commission, “Enhancing Corporate Financial Responsibility”
- Ken Hunter, President, Council of Better Business Bureaus in the U.S., “Ethics in Marketing”
- Shirley Edwards, Partner, Ernst & Young, “Professional Ethics: It Does Make A Difference”
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| 2001-2002 |
“The Ethical Challenges of Leadership,” Joanne Ciulla, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond |
| 2000-2001 |
“Cloning of Humans & Animals: Ethical Implications,” David Moore, Assistant Vice Provost for Research Compliance, Virginia Tech |
| 1999-2000 |
“No Place to Run, No Place to Hide: New Business Rules Emerge from the Sweatshop Debates,” Nick Didow, University of North Carolina |
| 1998-1999 |
“Ethical Leadership in a Newly Competitive Media Environment,” Walter Rugaber, Publisher, Roanoke Times |
| 1997-1998 |
“The Ethical Responsibility of Business,” Ralph Nader, author |
| 1996-1997 |
“Leadership and the Ethics of Power,” Joanne Ciulla, University of Richmond |
| 1995-1996 |
“Values in Tension: Business Ethics Away From Home,” Tom Donaldson, Georgetown University |
| 1994-1995 |
“The Moral Dimension,” Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University |
| 1993-1994 |
“Untying the Economy-Ecology Knot: Are We Pulling the Wrong Strings?,” William Frederick, University of Pittsburgh |
| 1992-1993 |
“Corporate Social Responsibility in Japan and the U.S.,” James Fallows, Washington Editor, The Atlantic Monthly |
| 1991-1992 |
“Is There Any Room for Ethics in Business?,” Liam Fahey, Boston University |
| 1990-1991 |
“Ethics and Profits,” Norman Bowie, University of Minnesota |
