ACADEMIC SPEAKERS
Academics have been asked to write papers addressing topics relating to the theme of the conference, particularly topics that assist in understanding how more companies might be encouraged to participate in advancing the MDGs.
Over a dozen major multinational companies will make presentations about how they are advancing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how they are implementing the ten principles of the UN Global Compact.
The following professors are confirmed for the conference.
- Gerald Cavanagh, S.J., The Charles T. Fisher III Chair of Business Ethics, University of Detroit Mercy (Click here to view conference paper) (Click here to view powerpoint presentation)
- Douglass Cassel, The Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, The Law School, University of Notre Dame
- Hal Culbertson, The Executive Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (Click here to view powerpoint presentation)
- Georges Enderle, The John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of International Business Ethics, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame (Click here to view conference paper) (Click here to view powerpoint presentation)
- Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Executive Director of the Duke Environmental Leadership Program, Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University (Click here to view powerpoint presentation)
- Ante Glavas, Professor, Department of Management, Mendoza College of Business (Click here to view powerpoint presentation)
- Kirk Hanson, The Executive Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the John Courtney Murray, S.J. University Professor of Social Ethics, Santa Clara University
- Tom Harvey, The Luke McGuinness Director of Nonprofit Professional Development, Mendoza College of Business
- Daniel Malan, Head of the Unit for Corporate Governance in Africa, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa (Click here to view powerpoint presentation)
- Jim O'Rourke, Authur F. and Mary J. O'Neill Director of the Fanning Center for Business Communication, Mendoza College of Business (Click here to view conference paper) (Click here to view powerpoint presentation)
- Father Peter-John Pearson, Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office
- Sandra Waddock, The Galligan Chair of Strategy and Professor of Management, Carroll School of Management, Boston College (Click here to view conference paper) (Click here to view powerpoint presentation)