Corporate Values Breakfasts Series
In 1994 the Center for Ethics established a series of talks to be given by business and civic leaders from the Chicago area on ethical issues of contemporary importance. The mission of this series is to bring provocative ideas to an audience of prominent professionals, with the purpose of stimulating dialogue and encouraging a deeper understanding of ethical issues and ways to advance ethical behavior in the corporate sphere.
The invited speaker is ordinarily a leader from the corporate community or another important contributor to contemporary discussion of ethics in corporate and civic life. Four or five such speakers each year share their reflections on ethical issues that they have faced personally or that they believe are of pressing importance to the corporate and civic community. The audience consists of leaders from Chicago's corporate and policy communities, local business school faculty, and others interested in these important issues.
The event begins at 8:00 a.m. with a buffet breakfast. The speaker is introduced at about 8:30 and ordinarily speaks for 30-40 minutes, with another 20-30 minutes for questions and discussion with the audience. The formal program ends by 9:30 a.m. , although attendees often linger a while afterwards for further conversation.
All breakfasts are held in Kasbeer Hall, on the 15th floor of 25 E. Pearson on Loyola's Water Tower Campus.
Fee for admission includes a full breakfast, and costs $20 pre-registration, $25 at the door. Tables seating eight can be purchased for $125.
For more information about the Corporate Values Breakfasts Series, e-mail us at wfrench@luc.edu.
FALL 2008 - SPRING 2009 SERIES
Charles Murdoch, "Deceptive Practices and the Economic Meltdown: Why Not Tell The Truth?" - Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Professor Charles Murdock is a distinguished professor in Loyola University's School of Law and a noted authority
on the impact of deception in our legal, political, and economic spheres. He served as Dean of the Loyola's Law
School for eight years. Before that he served as Assistant Professor of Law at De Paul University, as Visiting
Professor at the University of California, and Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame. He has published
a number of books among them are Illinois Practice—Business Organizations (1996 and second edition forthcoming);
Business Organizations Casebook (2000); and The Illinois Business Corporation Act Annotated (3rd ed 1975). He has
likewise published articles on “Fiduciary Duties,” the Enron Scandal, the Sarbanes-Oxley Bill, “Fairness and Good
Faith,” “Corporate Governance,” remedies for Minority Shareholders, and a wide range of other business-related
and legal topics.
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Al Gini, "Lincoln's Ten Critical Tasks of Leadership" - Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Al Gini is Professor of Business Ethics and Chair of the Department of Management in the School of Business Administration, Loyola University Chicago. He is also the co-founder and Associate Editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the Journal of the Society for Business Ethics. Besides lecturing to community and professional organizations, he does consulting on corporate ethics, and can be regularly heard on National Public Radio’s Chicago affiliate, WBEZ-FM. His books include: My Job My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual, (Routledge, 2000); The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations, (Routledge, 2003); and, he has written and produced two plays - Working Ourselves to Death and Letters of a Consumaholic. His most recent books are entitled: Why It’s Hard to Be Good (Routledge, 2006); and, The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler (The Great Books Foundation, 2007).
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Carol Marin, "Truth Never Dies But It Leads A Tortured Life" - Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Carol Marin is the political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, political editor for NBC5 News, and contributor to WTTW’s Chicago Tonight program. A former CBS News correspondent, she reported for the CBS News magazines 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II. An award winning journalist, she is the recipient of broadcast journalism’s most prestigious awards. She has won two George Foster Peabody awards, two duPont-Columbia awards and two national Emmys. In addition she is a member of the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame and has received the Ethics in Journalism award from the Chicago Headline Club.
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Thomas P. Carney, Jr., "Corporate Ethics: A Litigator's Perspective" - Thursday, April 3rd, 2008.
Thomas Carney received his BA from the University of Notre Dame and his JD from Loyola University School of Law. While studying at Loyola, he was an associate editor of the Loyola Law Review and the recipient of the Loyola University School of Law Alumni Association Citation for Outstanding Leadership and Scholastic Achievement. Mr. Carney works in the Chicago office of Querrey & Harrow as a member of both the Employment Practice and Corporate/Commercial Groups and has conducted seminars on many employment law subjects, including sexual harassment and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Mr. Carney is currently Vice-Chair of the Archdiocesan Board of Specified Jurisdiction for St. James Grade School in Highwood. He is a past President of the Notre Dame Club of Lake County, and Past Chairman of the Church of St. Mary (Lake Forest) Parish Council and the Lake Forest Zoning Board of Appeals.
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LIST OF PREVIOUS CORPORATE VALUES BREAKFASTS SERIES