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TO BUSINESS, EDUCATION, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:
Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership Hosts Ethics & Sustainability
Conference Featuring Regional and National Business Leaders
NEWARK, N.J., April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Rutgers
Institute for Ethical Leadership (IEL) will bring together more than
200 business, academic and government leaders to discuss the need for
sustainable business leadership and how ethical, environmental and
social objectives can be built into businesses' core missions and
operations.
The "Ethical Environment of Business Sustainability" conference will
be held Friday, June 6, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Newark
Museum (49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ).
Panel discussions and presentations on business' role in environmental
and geopolitical stability, as well as the role of corporations in
community health and their impact on social innovation will be
featured. Speakers include:
-- Richard A. Smith, chairman, CEO and president of Realogy Holdings
Corp. A New Jersey-based global leader in real estate franchising,
Realogy's brands include CENTURY 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Sotheby's
International Realty and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate. Smith
has been named the "Most Powerful Person in Residential Real Estate
Brokerage" in the Swanepoel Power 200 rankings, and Realogy has been
named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
Institute in each of the past three years. Mr. Smith will deliver the
keynote address, "Why is an ethical environment within your company
critical to its sustainability?"
-- Christine Bader, author, The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist:
When Girl Meets Oil (Bibliomotion, March 2014), and former manager of
policy development, where she oversaw the social impacts of some of
the company's largest projects in the developing world. She will
discuss life on the front lines of integrating human rights into
business -- including what happens when it all goes wrong.
-- Leading the panel discussions is Gregory Sauter, executive vice
president, chief corporate officer, AECOM. Comprised of more than
45,000 employees in 150 countries, AECOM provides professional
technical and management support services to a broad range of markets,
including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water,
and government. Sauter is also board president of Engineers without
Borders. He will lead panel discussions on the role of business in
environmental and geopolitical stability, and on the health of local
communities.
Panelists are:
-- Kevin Lyons, PhD, Supply Chain professor, Rutgers Business School
-- Guy Story, chief technology officer and chief scientist,
Audible.com
-- Paula Luff, vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hess
Corporation
-- Derek Veenhof, executive vice president, Sustainable Solutions,
Covanta
"A business has a responsibility to reward shareholders while ensuring
that the communities in which it operates have the human and natural
resources necessary to thrive in the future," said IEL Co-founder
James Abruzzo. "This conference will be an opportunity for more than
200 attendees to learn from strategic thinkers and practitioners who
understand how to navigate complexities of true sustainable
leadership."
Now in its fifth year, the annual Ethical Leadership Conference brings
together experts from all sectors to address the most pressing current
ethical issues in the corporate, government and non-profit sectors.
"IEL is proud to host this annual event to educate and raise awareness
on the importance of ethical leadership," Abruzzo added.
The 2014 Ethical Leadership Conference is sponsored by Wells Fargo,
AECOM, Verizon and KPMG. For information on available sponsorships,
the agenda, and to register for the conference, please visit
http://www.business.rutgers.edu/iel/programs/business-government/2014-conference,
call 973-353-1135 or email leadership@business.rutgers.edu.
About the Institute for Ethical Leadership The Institute for Ethical
Leadership at Rutgers Business School works with business and
government, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, and within
Rutgers University to provide leaders and future leaders with the
education, training and critical-thinking tools needed to become more
effective leaders and managers and make ethical decisions for
real-world challenges. For more information, visit
www.business.rutgers.edu/iel.
SOURCE The Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School
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/CONTACT: Dana Bochna, Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School, 973-353-3488, danab@business.rutgers.edu
/Web Site: http://www.business.rutgers.edu/iel
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