June 1997

COMING UP JULY 8: Mike Bonsignore, Honeywell CEO, will describe a new Anti-Crime Initiative linking business, community and the public sector. Titled Minnesota HEALS: Minnesota for Hope, Education And Law and Safety, the initiative will have strong support from the Minnesota Business Partnership. This MCCR program is set for 12 pm (Noon), July 8 at the Minneapolis Club and is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Business Partnership. Space is limited. To register, call MCCR at 962-4120.

ANNUAL MEETING REPORT: Three hundred guests registered for MCCR's 19^th Annual Meeting heard Dominic Tarantino, chairman of Price Waterhouse World Firm, outline the challenges facing business in developing economies around the globe. Tarantino, in a speech titled Taming the Global Frontier, focused on ethics, corruption, the "have-and-have-not" problem, global telecommunications, and the Internet. A printed copy of Tarantino's speech will be available in July and is available now on MCCR's WEB site.

WORK/LIFE REPORT DRAWS POSITIVE REVIEWS: The Center's new Work/Life Task Force report, released at MCCR's Annual Meeting, is gathering extremely positive reviews. Upon receiving a copy, one person faxed us this note: "Wow. Thanks! What a terrific professional effort." The MCCR Task Force report, Creating High Performance Organizations, argues the bottom line value of work/life strategies, includes a national resource directory, offers practical guidelines, and cites examples of positive results for business. Orders are coming in from member companies and from organizations and businesses across the nation. MCCR offers member companies an Executive Set of five copies at a discounted price. To order, call (612) 962-4120.

www.stthomas.edu/mccr --- The Center launched its own comprehensive WEB-Site in May. The site is a convenient doorway to publications, the Caux Round Table Principles for Business, the Work/Life resource directory, Executive Summaries, speeches, occasional papers, upcoming events, and links to related business ethics and social responsibility WEB sources. Try it! We hope you like it, and we want your feedback. Soon to be added: a section on Corporate Governance practices and models.

CEO SERIES COMPLETED: Three member company CEOs Paul Baszucki of Norstan, Jim Howard of NSP, and Jim Secord of Lakewood addressed MCCR audiences at the Minneapolis Club in March, April, and May on the role of leadership and values in business.

KOCH GETS CITIZENSHIP AWARD: David Koch, Chairman of Graco, was presented with the first annual MCCR Corporate Citizenship Award at the Center's May 20 Annual Meeting. This award reflects the commitment of all member companies to the ideals embodied in the Center's mission. Koch exemplifies this vision in every respect. Koch's sustained and imaginative leadership in business and in public life stands as a model for all of us and for all future Minnesota Business leaders. We are proud of his service to MCCR and to our communities. If you are interested in Mr. Koch's ideas on corporate citizenship, look for an updated version of his November Keystone speech, titled Leave Your Mark: There Is Still Time, on MCCR's WEB-site. A printed edition will be available next month from MCCR.

BENEFITS AND FLEXIBILITY: Coming up at the July 17 of The Work«Life Network meeting, participants will explore the impact of benefits policy on creating a flexible workforce. To participate, call 962-4120. Last month the Network learned from the practical experiences of four managers who developed telecommuting or virtual office work strategies for their employers: Abbot Northwestern, The St. Paul Companies, MN Department of Human Services, and the MN Department of Transportation. The Work«Life Network includes employers, vendors and community organizations who design or implement work/life strategies.

MINNESOTA REPUTATION SPREADS GLOBALLY: In recent months, MCCR president Bob MacGregor, has carried the message about the active civic leadership by Minnesota businesses to numerous international venues: the UN Habitat meeting in Nairobi, the German conference which resulted in the Bremen Declaration on business and cities, a meeting of top business leaders in Mexico City, and meetings in Switzerland and the Dominican Republic of the world's largest student organization, AIESEC, which has focused on corporate responsibility as a key issue. Annual Meeting speaker Dominic Tarantino applauded MCCR and Minnesota businesses for taking the lead in creating the Caux Round Table Principles for Business which he said is the most widely recognized statement of business principles in the world.

NEWS BITS: Sharon Klun, Work/Life Coordinator for American Express Financial Advisors and a member of the Center's Work/Life Task Force, participated in a trade mission to Israel to share ideas on work/life practices with Israeli employers. MCCR's Terri Hastings participated in the national coalition meeting for CHARACTER COUNTS! Patti Schneider, who runs MCCR's Families That Work! worksite education project, helped member company TSI, Inc. organize science and art fairs in partnership with Valentine Hills Elementary School. The students' extraordinary art work was on display at MCCR's Annual Meeting. David Rodbourne attended the first annual meeting of the Alliance for WORK/LIFE Professionals (AWLP).

IN-THE-PIPELINE FOR FALL 1997: Here are some of the programs we are working on:

• The Center is assisting George Halvorsen and Patti Hague of Health Partners in organizing a community-wide conference on Brain Development and Early Childhood for October 9 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The keynote speaker will be noted researcher Craig Rhame of the University of Alabama, who is one of the countries leading researchers on brain development and the critical importance of early stimulation and nurturing for children. A key issue will be how employers can promote successful early childhood development.

• Consultants Carol Pine and Chuck Kingsley are developing plans for an MCCR roundtable series, tentatively titled Leadership and Values in Action, featuring leading CEOs discussing the role of values in developing successful business strategies and organizations. Each session will engage a noted business leader in an in-depth dialogue with roundtable participants.

• In cooperation with Jon Pekel of the Fulcrum Group, MCCR is developing an Ethics Service to assist companies in developing codes of conduct, identifying and assessing areas of risk, and creating effective management and training processes.

• MCCR is cooperating with the Upper Midwest Chapter of BSR to organize workshops or a speaker on environmental and green design issues for industry and regional land use.

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