James S. Kemper Lecture Series and Symposium

in Globalization and Business Ethics in 2002-2003

at the University of North Florida

With the generous support of the James S. Kemper Foundation, and in conjunction with the University of North Florida (UNF) College of Arts and Sciences (COAS) and College of Business Administration (COBA), the Center for Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions announces sponsorship of the James S. Kemper Lecture Series and Conference-Symposium in Globalization and Business Ethics in 2002-2003.

In a world where commerce and trade increasingly surpass national borders, and where corporations themselves increasingly assume transnational dimensions, business can hardly afford to ignore the fact and reality of globalization. The purpose of the James S. Kemper Lecture Series and Symposium in Business Ethics at UNF is to explore the ethical issues and dilemmas posed to commerce and trade by globalization. Given UNF's program in international business and the focus on international development ethics of the Center, a year-long concentration on business ethics and globalization is especially timely. Such focus is also germane to Jacksonville's business community, which increasingly is assuming an international profile.

The lecture series will include prominent academics, business leaders, and government officials well known for their ability to address the ethical dimensions of international-global trade, commerce, and development. The lectures will be public addresses directed to the university and wider Jacksonville community. Each speaker will also participate in a special colloquium for select faculty and business leaders, and will be available to meet with students of business ethics and international business. The public lectures are free and open to the public.

The conference symposium, scheduled for March/April 2003, will be a two-day event and include sessions that will involve individuals active in local business and government as well as academics. An individual well-known for his/her work in the area of international business ethics will serve as the keynote speaker and discussion facilitator.

At present two of the most prominent thinkers on the international or global dimension of business ethics have already agreed to participate in the series. On Thursday November 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center, Thomas Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman, Professor of Legal Studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, will lecture on the topic "Is There an Ethical Fix for American Business." On Thursday January 16 7:30 in the University Center a lecture on the topic, "Ethics, Accountability, and Globalization," will be presented by Richard T. De George, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, of Russian and East European Studies, and of Business Administration, and Director of the International Center for Ethics in Business at the University of Kansas. Biographical information on each speaker is listed below.

Dr. Donaldson writes, teaches, and consults in the areas of business ethics, values, and leadership. Books that he has authored or edited include: The Ties that Bind: A Social Contract Approach to Business Ethics (Harvard University Business School Press, 1999), co-authored with Thomas W Dunfee; Ethical Issues in Business, 6th Edition (Prentice-Hall Inc., 1999), co-edited with Patricia Werhane; Ethics in Business and Economics-2 Volume Set (Ashgate Publishing, 1998), co-edited with Thomas W. Dunfee; Ethics in International Business (Oxford University Press, 1989); and Corporations and Morality (Prentice-Hall Inc., 1982). His book, Ethics in International Business, was the winner of the 1998 SIM Academy of Management Best Book Award.

He is a founding member and past president of the Society for Business Ethics, and is a member of the editorial boards of a number of journals, including the Academy of Management Review, and Business Ethics Quarterly. He is a Senior Fellow of the Olsson Center for Ethics at the Darden School of the University of Virginia. His writings have appeared in publications such as The Academy of Management Review, The Harvard Business Review, Ethics, and Economics and Philosophy.

At Wharton he has received many teaching awards, including the Outstanding Teacher of the Year award in 1998 (the Class of 1984 MBA Teaching Award); the Excellence in Teaching Award (in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001); the Miller-Sherrerd MBA Teaching Award (in 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2001); the Marc and Sheri Rapaport Undergraduate Core Teaching Award (2001); and the Undergraduate Teaching Award for Standing Faculty (1999 and 2001). Prior to 1996 (from 1990 to 1996), he held the position of the John F. Connelly Professor of Business Ethics in the School of Business, Georgetown University. There he was voted Outstanding Teacher of the Year by MBA students and Distinguished Researcher of the Year by business school faculty members.

He has consulted and lectured at many corporations, including Walt Disney, Motorola, AT&T, JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson, Texaco, EDS, Shell International, IBM, Axel Johnson, Inc., Western Mining Company-Australia, NYNEX, Pfizer, American Home Products, Axel Johnson, the AMA, the IMF, Bankers Trust, the United Nations, and the World Bank. He has appeared on CNN, and PBS, and NPR radio, and his remarks have been published in The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune Magazine, The Financial Times, and Business Week.

Additional information on Dr. Donaldson can be found on his website. http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/donaldst.html

Dr. De George is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, of Russian and East European Studies, and of Business Administration, and Director of the International Center for Ethics in Business at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and he has been a research fellow at Yale University, Columbia University, Stanford University, and the Hoover Institution. He was the Charles J. Dirksen Professor of Business Ethics at Santa Clara University in 1986, and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Business at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1985.

He is the author of over 180 articles and the author or editor of twenty books, including The Ethics of Information Technology and Business (2003); Business Ethics (1999), now in its fifth edition and also available in Japanese, Russian and Chinese; and Competing With Integrity in International Business (Oxford, 1993), also translated into Chinese. He has been the President of several academic organizations, including the American Philosophical Association, the Metaphysical Society of America, and the Society for Business Ethics. He is immediate past-President of the International Society for Business, Economics, and Ethics. He has given invited lectures on six continents at a great many universities and keynote addresses to a variety of organizations both here and abroad, including such places as Tokyo, Como, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, and Perth. He has been a consultant for Motorola, Hallmark Cards, Kansas City Power and Light, Koch Industries, and General Motors, among others, and is a specialist in international business ethical issues and codes.

In November, 1996, he received an honorary doctorate from Nijenrode University in the Netherlands together with Bill Gates and Nelson Mandela. Additional information can be found at http://www.ku.edu/~philos/faculty/degeorge.html