Quaker Values & Business Ethics:
What Can Friends Say?
November 16, 2002, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
held at Earlham School of Religion, ESR Center
Registration Fee: $50
Contact 1-800-432-1377 for more information.
"Quakers set out to do good, and did very well."
This well-known statement about early Friends establishes two principles: Friends understand the importance of succeeding in business. They also insist that ethical practices contribute to, rather than hinder, success in business. Here is a combination of faith and practice, motives and outcomes, values and commerce that leads to ethics in business.
In recent years a few Friends have labored with the question of how Quaker values might contribute to contemporary business practices. The challenge seems overwhelming. Yet, recent headlines involving scandalous accounting and inflated statements of corporate success underscore the importance of initiating a broad conversation on this important topic.
Join Quaker business persons, Earlham School of Religion, and other invited guests for this important one-day gathering.
You
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Print the form, fill it out, and send it with your check for $50
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Schedule
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8:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
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8:15 |
Case Study I - Tough Negotiations and Ethical Outcomes |
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9:30 |
Break |
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9:45 |
Panel Discussion - How Faith Influences My Business Practices |
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11:00 |
Break |
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11:15 |
Worship |
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12:00 |
Lunch - What would an "ESR Institute for Business" look like? |
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1:00 |
Case Study II - The Relationship between Corporate Profit and Human Need |
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2:30 |
Break |
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2:45 |
What Can We Say? The Integration of Faith and Business, with a consideration of P. Smith's Quaker Business Ethics |
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4:00 |
Adjourn |