Moral Disengagement in the Workplace: Resume Fraud with Mark Wexler, SFU Dept of Applied Ethics

Tuesday  November 8 2005   7:15- 8:30am
Location: BC Hydro 2nd Floor Auditorium
333 Dunsmuir St. Vancouver

Come join us for breakfast with one of our most popular speakers.  Mark will be talking about how and why moral disengagement in the workplace is becoming an epidemic of major proportions.

Using his work on resume fraud, Mark Wexler explores the reasoning of those who cheat and fudge in their resumes and assume that they have done nothing wrong -- fraud and willful deceit are often framed as minor fudging and a necessary strategy of impression management.

Wexler will explore the process wherein organizational cultures develop with moral disengagement as a core values.  These cultures often succeed in competitive contexts yet remain open to moral and ethical criticisms.

Please join us for what is sure to be a lively event!

Seating is limited.  Please be sure to RSVP by Monday November 7 so that we can make accurate catering arrangements.  Thank you.

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About Mark Wexler

Mark N. Wexler is Professor of Applied Ethics at Simon Fraser University, Executive Director of the Perimeter Group and Vice President of The Canadian Jewish Congress.

Dr. Wexler's teaching, research, and community contribution focuses on problems in telling truth (or a version of it) to those who have power. Mark's published work has appeared in numerous journals and in eight books.

Mark's most recent book is entitled “Confronting Moral Worlds: Understanding Business Ethics". Presently Mark is completing a new book to be published by Edward Elgar Publishers (U.K) entitled "Leadership in Context". The material from the discussion today is found in Chapter 8 entitled " Value Strife Across Leadership Stories".

Dr. Wexler is regularly invited to speak to public, business and academic audiences and has also served as a consultant to business leaders worldwide, including IBM Canada, General Motors Canada, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Bank of Montreal and Weston Foods.

Mark's curriculum vitae

RSVP info@workplacecentre.org.com
or phone: 604.685.6560

Tuesday  November 8 2005   7:15- 8:30am
Location: BC Hydro 2nd Floor Auditorium
333 Dunsmuir St. Vancouver

Members $7.00
Non-Members $10.00

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