Ethical Leadership in Business 2017
How to lead business in times of extremes?
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In today’s globalized world, business leaders are increasingly being held accountable for the impact of their business on their stakeholders and on society.
In times of rapid and extreme changes, it is of utmost importance for corporate executives to base their decisions on ethical values so that their products and services contribute to the well-being of the overall society.
Ethical Leadership in Business 2017 is an opportunity for business leaders and managers to:
- get inspired by ethical business models
- share values based decision-making approaches
- exchange on what ethics means to them
- strengthen listening and trust building skills
- enhance their adaptability to change
- build new business contacts
Three major questions will be addressed during this event:
- What does it take to make the right business decision in a globalized world?
- How can companies support inclusive and sustainable growth ?
- How to apply responsible and ethical leadership in daily business?
Speakers
- Sabine Döbeli (Switzerland) - CEO of Swiss Sustainable Finance
- Andreas Bomann-Larsen (Norway) - Partner and CEO of CARN Capital
- Professor Marc Chesney (Switzerland) - Head of its Banking and Finance Institute
- Merel Rumping (Netherlands) - Works at ProPortion (social business incubator)
- Antonio Hautle (Switzerland) - Senior Programme Leader and Network Representative at Global Compact Network Switzerland
- Claudia Egger (Switzerland) - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager of the Johnson & Johnson
- Jan Van Mol (Belgium) - founder of Addictlab
- Kate Gilmore (Australia) - United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Raphael Nägeli (Switzerland) - Deputy Head of the Human Security Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
- Bjørn Ihler (Norway ) - Young Leader of the Kofi Annan Foundation’s Extremely Together Initiative and survivor of the Anders Breivik terrorist attack, who uses art to counter extreme right wing narratives
- Caitlin Kraft-Buchman (Switzerland) - Founder / CEO of Women@TheTable
- Hiroshi Ishida (Japan) - Executive Director of the Caux CRT Japan
- Chikako Miyata (Japan) - Vice President of ANA Holdings INC. in Japan
- Makeda Tsegaye (Ethiopia) - Founder and CEO of NetBizImpact Ltd
- Ville Heimgartner (Switzerland) - Co-CEO of Imagine Cargo GmbH in Switzerland
- Brian Iselin (Switzerland) - former soldier and Federal Agent and turned from the drug wars to counter-human trafficking
- Guido Palazzo (Switzerland) - Professor of Business Ethics at HEC, University of Lausanne
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