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Hi everyone,

I wanted to let you know about a few upcoming web conferences from The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education.

Coming up next week:

• Tuesday, July 28^th at 1 pm Eastern: "Environmental Responsibility and the Major Multinational Corporation".  Speakers will be Irene Henriques, Associate Professor of Economics at the Schulich School of Business at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, and Bruce Schlein, Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at Citi.

To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at Chad.Ayotte@aspeninst.org

We'll be sending out additional notices about the events below, but I wanted to give a heads-up about the following two web conferences have been scheduled for late August and early September.

• "Sustainability Trends in MBA Education," Featuring Nancy McGaw, Deputy Director of The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, and Rich Leimsider, Director of the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education - August 25 at 12 noon Eastern time.  To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at Chad.Ayotte@aspeninst.org

• "The Stakeholder Approach in the Marketing Discipline," featuring Daniel Korschun, Assistant Professor of Marketing at the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University, and Madhu Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Business Administration at the College of Business at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – September 3 at 1 pm Eastern time. To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at Chad.Ayotte@aspeninst.org

I hope everyone is having a great summer, and that I'll see some of you at one or more of these events!

Best,

Rachel

Rachel Shattuck

Manager of Research and Content

The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to let you know about five web conferences that are coming up in the next few weeks from The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education.

"Corporate Governance in the Current Economic Climate," featuring Gerald Davis, the Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of Management at the <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Michigan</st1:placename>'s <st1:placename w:st="on">Stephen</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">M.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Ross</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">School</st1:placename> of Business, and Jonathan Koppell, Associate Professor of Politics and Management the Yale School of Management, and moderated by Dr. Mary C. Gentile, Senior Research Scholar at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Babson</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place>.  The conference is free of charge and will be held on Tuesday, October 27 at 12 noon Eastern time.  To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.

"Sustainability and Stakeholders in the Finance Discipline," featuring John Becker-Blease, Assistant Professor of Finance at the Oregon State University College of Business, and moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Keating, CPA.  The web conference is free of charge, and will be held on Thursday, October 29 at 12 noon Eastern.  To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.

"Investing to Create Value for Society," featuring <st1:personname w:st="on">Elizabeth Glenshaw</st1:personname>, Senior Vice President for Community Investment and Investor Relations at the Calvert Foundation and David Hess, Assistant Professor of Business Law at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business. The conference is free of charge and will be held on Tuesday, November 3 at 12 noon Eastern. To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.

"Access," looking at the challenges and opportunities of ethical globalization and featuring William Margaritis, Corporate Vice President of Global Communications and Investor Relations at FedEx and Hildy Teegan, Dean and Professor of International Business at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business, and moderated by Maureen Scully, Assistant Professor of Management at UMASS Boston's College of Management. The conference is free of charge and will be held on Thursday, November 12 at 3:30 PM Eastern. To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.

"Low-Wage Workers," featuring <st1:personname w:st="on">Stacy Blake-Beard</st1:personname>, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Simmons School of Management and Ellen Ernst Kossek, University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University's Graduate School of Labor & Industrial Relations, and with introductory remarks from Barbara Dyer and Mark Popovich, President and CEO and Senior Program Officer respectively at the Hitachi Foundation, a major funder of efforts to improve labor market outcomes for low-wage workers.  The web conference will be moderated by Maureen Scully, Assistant Professor of Management at UMASS Boston's <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>. The web conference is free of charge and will be held on Friday, November 20 at 12 noon Eastern time.  To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.

I hope you can join us for one or all of these events!

Best,

Rachel Shattuck

Rachel Shattuck

Manager of Research and Content

The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">271 Madison Avenue</st1:address></st1:street>

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">New York</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">NY</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">10016</st1:postalcode></st1:place>

212-895-8016