Dear friends,
We invite you to attend the following All Academy Theme workshop in Montreal this year. We have a variety of speakers from different sectors who will seed the conversation (more information in the program at http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032 . The session number is 482. Please bring your own experiences, ideas and aspirations to the session... we plan plenty of time for exchange, dialogue and action planning... we hope to see you there. While registration is not necessary for this workshop, we request you to send an email to gfarias@fdu.edu to let us know you will be attending. This will help us plan the session better.
| The Role of Human Values in Sustainability: A Curriculum Challenge for Business Schools
Scheduled: Sunday, Aug 8 2010 2:20PM - 5:20PM at Le Palais Des Congres in 518A This workshop is based on the conviction that true sustainability can only be achieved when the choices made to achieve it are driven by values that focus on doing what is right. For managers who are often pulled in different directions because of the pressures to meet the expectations of Wall Street, this represents a difficult choice. While the academic and popular literature has rightfully drawn attention to the need to pay more attention to social and environmental outcomes, the justification used is invariably defined in economic terms-the business case. We take the position that even while economic outcomes are important, they are not the sole and defining justification for sustainability. We are deeply concerned about those situations where the business case is not obvious. We argue that these cases represent the real challenges for managers and we need to focus on developing the capabilities of current and future managers to raise the difficult questions and develop innovative solution to the dilemmas that sustainability presents. Through this workshop we plan to raise these critical issues and work with other academicians and practitioners to gain better insights and develop action plans for the future. We look forward to seeing you there... Gerard | | |
Gerard Farias
Associate Professor of Management
Silberman College of Business
Fairleigh Dickinson University
285 Madison Avenue, M-MS1-05
Madison NJ 07940
Phone: 973-443-8879
Education is Not the Filling of a Pail, but the Lighting of a Fire--William Butler Yeats
The longest journey you will ever make in life is from your mind to your heart--Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (Chief Joseph of the Nez perce tribe 1871-1904)
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