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Roger B. Vincent,
Chairman, NACD-NY
President of Springwell Corp.
Director, AmeriGas Partners, Inc., ING Funds
James L. Gunderson,
President, NACD-NY
General Counsel of Vetco
International, CEO of
Governance
and Transactions LLC
Mark Serock,
Treasurer, NACD-NY
Partner of KPMG, LLP
Paul M. Albert, Jr.
Director, American Tower Corporation
John F. Budd, Jr.
Chairman of The Omega Group
Member, Advisory Board
of NACD
Rosina B. Dixon
Director, Church & Dwight Co.,
Enzon Pharmaceuticals,
Cambrex Corporation
Greg J. Flood
Executive Vice President and COO of AIG's National
Union Fire Insurance Company
Steven E. Hall
Managing Director of
Steven Hall & Partners
Roberta S. Karmel
Centennial Professor,
Brooklyn Law School
Director, Kemper Insurance Companies
Roger M. Kenny
Chairman of Boardroom Consultants
Robert L. Messineo
Partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP
Steven H. Rice
Of counsel to Rice & Justice Director, Allegheny
Energy
Linda E. Scott
Director, Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
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Corporate Ethics: Antidote or Placebo?
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A Pragmatic Examination of Shareholder vs. Corporate
Expectations |
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Reports
of hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of
employees undergoing ethics "education" as a core
initiative of improved governance raises not only the
question as to whether mass indoctrination is realistic,
but will this huge corporate effort actually help regain
the trust of shareholders? Do the parties agree on the
parameters of ethical codes? Are ethics as much a
matter of perception as they are a moral code? Can an
abstract policy produce the demonstrable evidence, short
of violations, needed to be persuasive? The three
expert perspectives to be offered at our luncheon will
address the realities; the impediments; the reasonable
benefits to accrue; and the tactical positioning of
ethical codes in a revitalized governance structure.
Given a corporate commitment to promulgating ethical
policy internally, is it disingenuous for boards to
trumpet it externally? Are punitive levels necessary to
back up ethical policy and can these be enforced without
impairing the emotional engagement of officers, managers
and employees? Conundrums that our speaker, Eric M.
Pillmore, SVP of Corporate Governance, Tyco
International Ltd, and our panelists: Keith T. Darcy,
CEO, Ethics Officer Association and Ruth A. Wooden,
President, Public Agenda, are eminently qualified to
discuss.
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Speaker: |
Eric M. Pillmore, SVP of
Corporate Governance, Tyco International Ltd.
(Click
here for Mr.
Pillmore's
bio)
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Panel:
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Keith T. Darcy, CEO, Ethics
Office Association
(Click here for Mr.
Darcy's bio)
Ruth A. Wooden, President, Public Agenda
(Click
here for Ms. Wooden's bio)
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Member
Discussion with Q & A will follow the panel’s presentation.
Click here
for the complete program brochure for this
event
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When:
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Noon to
2:00pm
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Where: |
TIAA-CREF
730 Third Avenue
New York, NY |
Cost is $40 for Members and $75 for Non-Members.
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