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Dr. Mark Wexler
Corporate Psychopathy, Ethics and Social Responsibility
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 -- 7:15-8:30 am
click here to RSVP or phone: 604.685-6560
Is it plausible to believe that some contemporary corporations or their leaders are psychopathic?
This talk follows up on Joel Bakan's movie and book, The Corporation, plus Mark's work with MBA students at Simon Fraser University, and a soon-to-be published paper he has written entitled: "The Successful Psychopath: Reframing the Contemporary Corporation."
Background
"Some months ago, I showed the movie The Corporation to a large class of undergraduate 'business and society' students and then a class of executive MBAs. The vast majority accepted its basic premise that the corporation not only has the potential to act as a conscienceless monster – but is increasingly realizing this potential. I was bowled over! But in the spirit of empiricism and with a growing curiosity, I decided to look deeper."
Dr. Wexler will hand out the figures from his new paper, plus two or three copies of it to participants interested in exploring his arguments in more detail. Those too shy to raise their questions may contact Mark at wexler@sfu.ca
A question, answer and discussion period will follow.
DATE: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Auditorium
2nd floor, 333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
COST: Members - $7.00 Guests - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
click here to RSVP or phone: 604.685-6560
ABOUT MARK WEXLER
Dr. Mark N. Wexler is Professor of Business Ethics at Simon Fraser University, Executive Director of the Perimeter Group of Ethics Consultants, and Vice President of the Canadian Jewish Congress. His teaching, research and consulting focus on the moral quandaries that men and women face in the business world.
Mark is a four-time teaching award winner and a recipient of the PricewaterhouseCoopers "Leadership in Management Education" Award. He was also previously the Astra-Zeneca Ethics Scholar-in-Residence at McGill University and a visiting Professor at the Universities of Michigan, Macquarie (Sydney, Australia) and ESCM (Tours/France).
Author of eight books and over 100 refereed journal articles, Dr. Wexler's most recent book is Leadership in Context: The Four Faces of Capitalism, published by Edward Elgar Press in 2005. He is presently working on a new book entitled Understanding Corporate Scandals: Who are those Monsters? (forthcoming 2008).
click here to RSVP or phone: 604.685-6560
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