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| APRIL 1999 COPORATE GOVERNANCE |
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Corporate Governance: Ethics Across the Board
April 6, 1999
Four Seasons Hotel
The Ballroom
1300 Lamar
Houston, TX 77010
A conference sponsored by the Center for Business Ethics (CBES).
The conference is underwritten by a grant from Pfizer, Inc.
Logistical support is provided by Students In Free Enterprise. (SIFE)
Conference Overview
The Center for Business Ethics at Houston's University of St. Thomas is proud to host Corporate Governance: Ethics Across the Board. This conference, underwritten by a generous grant from Pfizer Inc, focuses on the many issues associated with corporate governance. Corporate governance, as the name suggests, is the art of governing companies so as to maximize--in a principled way--the benefits to shareholders, employees, customers and other legitimate stakeholders.
In the early part of the twentieth century, wealthy individuals and professional investors held most stock. Today stock ownership is widespread. Most Americans have substantial portions of their pension funds in company stock or in shares of mutual funds purchased through 401(k)s. In fact, the United States government is considering investing some Social Security funds in the stock market or allowing individuals to invest these funds in the market themselves.
Corporate Governance: Ethics Across the Board will explore the changing nature and growing importance of corporate governance. The conference will consider issues ranging from how to use a board effectively to how best to motivate employees and to prepare for the new challenges posed by globalization. Leading thinkers, scholars, policy makers and members of the business community will examine why this subject is important for all Americans. They will reflect on the impact that corporate governance will have on us as individuals as well as on our culture and our world. The Center for Business Ethics is committed to encouraging spirited and responsible discussions about crucial ethical issues. We are pleased to host this conference on corporate governance, a topic that will become only more important in the years ahead.
Conference Program:
Governing Expectations: A Dialogue
Kenneth Lay, CEO and Chairman of Enron,
What a CEO Expects from the Board
Constantine Nicandros, Chairman of CSN and Company,
What a Board Expects from the CEO
Corporate Governance: Rights, Responsibilities and Benefits
Douglas Foshee, CEO and Chairman, Nuevo Energy
Marianne Moody Jennings, Director, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics
Paul Steidler, Senior Fellow, Lexington Institute
An Institutional Investor's Point of View
Peter Clapman, Chief Investment Counsel, TIAA-CREF,
Current Issues of Corporate Governance and Investors' Perspectives
Corporate Governance: Incentives and Accountability
Reuben Mark, CEO and Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive,
Corporate Governance Today
Keynote Address
Michael Novak, Jewett Chair in Religion,
Philosophy and Public Policy, Business as A Calling
The conference will run from 9 am-5 pm.
Peter Clapman is Chief Investment Counsel at TIAA-CREF. Peter Clapman is the Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel for Investments at TIAA-CREF. In addition to serving as a member of the International Corporate Governance Network, he regularly appears as a panelist on programs devoted to topics in corporate governance and is a member of the editorial board of the Corporate Governance Advisor.
Douglas Foshee is the Chairman and CEO of Nuevo Energy. He has extensive management experience in the energy sector and in finance. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of the Texas Business Hall of Fame, he is an active member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council of Overseers for the Jones School at Rice University.
Marianne Moody Jennings directs the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University. In addition to authoring numerous books and articles, she is a regular commentator on National Public Radio. Columns by her have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Reader's Digest. She won a 1994 Arizona Press Club Award for her work as a feature columnist.
Kenneth Lay, the Chairman and CEO of Enron, has held top management posts in a number of energy companies. In 1996, Business Week listed him among the nation's top 25 managers. He serves on several boards of directors and was the chairman of the Greater Houston Partnership and of the University of Houston System Board of Regents.
Reuben Mark, the Chairman and CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, has held numerous marketing and management positions in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. He is active in community affairs, serving as a member of the Board of New Visions for Public Schools and of Catalyst, an organization for women.
Constantine Nicandros is the Chairman of CSN and Company, a private investment firm. Having retired from his post as CEO of Conoco, he remains very active in the local arts community, serving on the boards of Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and the Museum of Fine Arts. He was named the "1992 Business Leader of the Arts." |
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