CEOs, executives, managers and others in industries such as accounting, banking, biotechnology, consumer products, defense, financial services, health care, high technology and public utilities. Through the Ernest A. Kallman Executive Fellows Program, distinguished business and public leaders bring their expertise and experience to CBE and help to strengthen the corporate-academic partnership. Executive fellows are available for speaking engagements, panels and seminar presentations at conferences and corporate settings. Sponsored by the Office of Ethics and Business Practices at Sears, Roebuck and Co., this lecture series brings to campus top executives such as Chairman and CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers Nicholas G. Moore, Bell Atlantic CEO and Chairman-Designate Ivan Seidenberg and American Stock Exchange Chairman and CEO Richard Syron. Topics touched upon include the relationship between ethics and issues such as globalization and encouraging innovation.
Guests also have an opportunity to meet the speakers at a reception after the lecture.
Bell Atlantic Visiting Professorship . Through the support of the Bell Atlantic Corporation, the center launched the inaugural Bell Atlantic Visiting Professorship in Business Ethics and Information Technology in 1999. The first visiting professor was Richard T. DeGeorge, the University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Business Administration and director of the International Center for Ethics in Business at the University of Kansas. During his visit, DeGeorge conducted a series of guest lectures for students, faculty and staff. The Center for Excellence in Teaching encourages and rewards quality teaching, and sponsors teaching and learning workshops, colloquia, panel discussions and lectures for faculty.