Late Breaking News from the Center for Ethical Business Cultures

• CEBC Launches a National and International “History of Corporate Responsibility” Project

The Center for Ethical Business Cultures (CEBC) annouces the launch of an unprecedented 3-year project to write U.S. and global histories of corporate responsibility. The Center has recruited a distinguished team of scholars to research and write the U.S. component and will develop an international team to tackle the global component.  

• CEBC Releases Latest Report: New Obstacles in Setting the Tone at the Top…and Some Solutions

Authored by Richard F. Ziegler, Managing Partner of Jenner and Block’s New York office and former Senior Vice President Legal Affairs and General Counsel of the 3M Company, this insightful report focuses on challenges facing the Board of Directors.  Mr. Ziegler also serves as an Executive Fellow at CEBC and will speak at a CEBC Members Only Roundtable in October. An abbreviated version of the report appears in the June issue of Corporate Secretary.

Ethics Essay Competition

The Center for Ethical Business Cultures (CEBC) and Rotary Districts 5950 and 5960 are pleased to announce the winners of the 2007-2008 Ethics Essay Competition. In total, 153 essays were submitted from 22 schools in 19 cities in 2 states. Please join us in congratulating:

• Grand Prize Winner

Paige Pribonic of Hudson High School (Hudson, WI)

Essay – Use Facebook…and Lose Your Job?

• Second Prize Winner

Drew Koppe of North High School (North St. Paul, MN)

Essay – Unethical Use of Technology: Cyberbullies