How can business do the right thing in the face of social, political and environmental challenges?
Event Details
Join us for a discussion on Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World. Author Alison Taylor, AM '99, Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, will be in conversation with John Paul Rollert, Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and Chicago Booth Review's in-house ethicist, on how corporate executives should think about ethics amidst complex pressures.
The event is co-sponsored by the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State and the Chicago Business Review. It is in-person only and open to the public.
Speaker Profiles
Alison Taylor (Speaker)
Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
https://www.alisontaylor.co/higher-ground
Alison Taylor, AM'99 is Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and the Executive Director at Ethical Systems. She holds advisory roles at KKR, VentureESG, sustainability non-profit BSR, Pictet Group, and Zai Lab, and is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Good Governance. She has expertise in strategy, sustainability, political and social risk, culture and behavior, human rights, ethics and compliance, stakeholder engagement, anti corruption and professional responsibility.
John Paul Rollert (Moderator)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/r/john-paul-rollert
John Paul Rollert is Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His teaching and research focus on the intellectual history of capitalism, the ethics of leadership, and the application of empathy to law, business, and politics. Rollert has published widely in academic journals and popular publications. He writes the In-House Ethicist for the Chicago Booth Review.
Questions
Wai-Sinn Chan, '02
Director, Social Sector Engagement and Civic Scholars Program