St. John’s Hosts IVBEC 2018

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St. John’s Hosts IVBEC 2018

Joyce E. A. Russell, Ph.D., Dean of the Villanova School of Business, Villanova University; Donna Rapaccioli, Ph.D., Dean of the Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University; Dorte Salskov-Iversen, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School; Norean R. Sharpe, Ph.D., Dean of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University; Joyce A. Strawser, Ph.D., Dean of the Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University; and Joseph DiAngelo, Ed.D., Dean of the Erivan K. Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University, participated in a panel on academic perspective on sustainability and business ethics research.

October 29, 2018

The Peter J. Tobin College of Business and the Center for Global Business Stewardship hosted the 25th Annual International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference in October 2018 at the Marriott Hotel in New York.

The theme of this three-day conference was People, Planet, Progress: Business Ethics for a Global Society, with a focus on the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and on how progress and prosperity in business are achieved in the context of a sustainable future for the planet and all who inhabit it.

The conference was attended by nearly 200 participants and featured more than 150 submitted research presentations by authors from 25 countries and 87 universities around the world. In addition to the academic sessions, plenary sessions were held to highlight sustainability initiatives from both industry and academia.

Industry perspectives were offered by executives from four different industry sectors and included talks by Melissa J. Donnelly, Senior Manager of Global Supply Chain Sustainability at Campbell Soup Co.; Andrew Kassoy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of B Lab; Patricia Murphy, Senior Vice President of Wealth Management, the Murphy Wealth Consulting Group, UBS; and Michael J. Morrissey, President and CEO of the International Insurance Society.

An academic perspective on sustainability and business ethics research was moderated by Linda M. Sama, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Global Initiatives and Executive Director of the Center for Global Business Stewardship at St. John’s University.

The panel consisted of Brendan Pastor, Communications and Client Engagement Manager, Principles for Responsible Management Education; Dorte Salskov-Iversen, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School; Claire Sommer, Director, AIM-2Flourish; and David Steingard, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics and Associate Professor, Saint Joseph’s University.

A Deans’ Panel, moderated by Dean Norean R. Sharpe, Ph.D., featured the deans of six prominent business school: Joyce E. A. Russell, Ph.D., the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business, Villanova University; Joseph DiAngelo, Ed.D., Dean of the Erivan K. Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University; Donna Rapaccioli, Ph.D., Dean of the Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University; Joyce A. Strawser, Ph.D., Dean of the Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University; and Dorte Salskov-Iversen, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School. They spoke about the challenges and opportunities facing higher education today, including those related to incorporating the teaching of business ethics and sustainability in the business curriculum.

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