Summit will discuss the role and responsibilities of a business in current times
In the wake of global economic meltdown, the subject of business ethics, responsibile corporate behavior and contibution of business to society at large has come under intense scrutiny. To discuss the role and responsibilities of a business in current times, All India Management Association (AIMA) is organising the ‘2nd Business Responsibility Summit’ with the theme – ‘Purpose of the Corporation: Socialist, Capitalist or Both’. The summit will be held in New Delhi on July 17-18, 2009.
AIMA has shared with MBAUniverse.com that Mr Gurcharan Das, Author and Former Chairman, Proctor and Gamble will deliver the Keynote Address at the summit. Mr Salman Khursheed, State Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt of India is likely to be delivering the inaugural address of the summit. MBAUniverse.com, India’s no. 1 management portal is the ‘Official Management Portal’ for the summit.
Other renowned speakers from corporate and academia, who will be speaking during the two day summit include Mr Arun Maira, Senior Advisor-BCG India; Dr Jagdish N Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Chair Professor of Marketing Goizueta Business School, Emory University; Mr Anil Sachdev, Founder & CEO, School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL); Mr S K Roongta, Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd; Mr Bharat Wakhlu, Resident Director-Public Affairs, Tata Group; Mr Dileep Ranjekar, CEO, Azim Premji Foundation; Mr Kiran Karnik, CEO, NASSCOM; Prof Pankaj Chandra, Director, IIMB; Dr H Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH, Mr Aquil Busrai, Executive Director (HR), IBM India Pvt Ltd and others.
The first day of summit will have three sessions. The first session’s topic will be ‘Being Good While Doing Good: The Managers’ Challenge’ and the second session will be held on ‘Shaping Societal Values’. The topic of the third session will be ‘Regulation vis-à-vis Voluntary Action’.
The theme of the session on the day two will be ‘Reinventing Management Education’. Talking about this session on management education, AIMA says, “We live in turbulent times. And management education in such times has to focus on providing managers with concepts and tools for good corporate governance while producing more shareholder value also. What would be the core constituents of management education today? How are schools reshaping their approach to management education? Are business schools equipped to deliver the perfect manager? Can ethics be taught?”
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