Applications are open through October 31, 2024 for the second annual Susilo Business+Ethics case competition.
The first round of the competition will take place in November over Zoom. Then, through successive online rounds judges will select the six teams from around the world to travel to the client site in 2025, in person, for the global finals. We’re in discussions with several companies now and the location will be disclosed shortly.
Susilo Business + Ethics Case Competition Finals in Jakarta:
30, May 2024
In November 2023, twenty teams from Business Schools around the world tackled tough business and ethics questions in the Susilo Institute Business + Ethics Case Competition. In May 2024, the 6 winning teams traveled to Jakarta to present in the Business Ethics finalist showcase. The Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global economy is proud to sponsor this first of its kind project for promising business students from around the world!
Participants from all over the world team up to solve tough questions. This case competition is sponsored by the Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy.
Twenty teams from six regions around the world will tackle tough business and ethics questions. The winning team from each region will travel to Singapore to present at the Susilo Ethics Symposium on November 1, 2023.
How will visionary business leaders operate in in the year 2050 and beyond? Executives, new graduates, academics, and policy makers must adapt to societal impact of advanced technologies, environmental and ESG demands, and the increasing need for corporations to lead ethically and responsibly.
Speakers: Stephen Kohn, Founding Partner, Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto Erica Blachman Hitchings, Adjunct Professor, Boston University School of Law Tyler Shultz, Theranos Whistleblower and Startup Founder
Insights@Questrom Webinar: ChatGPT in Business: Ethics, Anyone?
ChatGPT in Business: Ethics, Anyone? Tuesday, April 18, 2023 from 3:00pm -4:00pm EST
Speakers: Yoav Schlesinger, Ethical AI Practice, Salesforce Tae Wan Kim, Associate Professor of Business Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
Insights@Questrom Webinar: Patagonia's Philosophy - An Inside Look
Thursday, March 23, 2023 from 4:00pm -5:00pm EST
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Guest Speaker: Vincent Stanley, Director of Philosophy, Patagonia
Co-hosts: Nina Mazar, Professor Marketing, Thinkers50 Radar 2023 David Epstein, Executive Director, Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy, Ahmass Fakahany Visiting Professor in Global Leadership Visiting Professor of the Practice, Information Systems
Insights@Questrom Webinar: Is Creativity in Advertising Dead in the Age of AI?
Is Creativity in Advertising Dead in the Age of AI? Thursday, February 23, 2023 from 3:30pm -4:30pm EST
Guest Speakers: Jeff Goodby, Goodby Silverstein & Partners Kathy Kiely, President, The Ad Club Dokyun Lee, Kelli Questrom Associate Professor in Management, Associate Professor, Information Systems. David Epstein, Executive Director, Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy, Ahmass Fakahany Visiting Professor in Global Leadership Visiting Professor of the Practice, Information Systems
Insights@Questrom Webinar: Money: It's Created. It's Destroyed. But What Is It?
Money: It’s Created. It’s Destroyed. But What Is It? Wednesday, December 7, 2022 from 2pm -3pm EST
Speakers: Jacob Goldstein, co-host of NPR’s Planet Money Mark Williams, Lecturer, Finance, Boston University Questrom School of Business
Host: David Epstein, Executive Director, Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy, Ahmass Fakahany Visiting Professor in Global Leadership Visiting Professor of the Practice, Information Systems
Insights@Questrom Webinar: Social Does Not Mean Soft! Measuring S in ESG
Social Does Not Mean Soft! Measuring S in ESG Thursday, November 17, 2022 from 2pm -3pm EST
EquityQuotient Founders Christina Van Houten and Perfecto Sanchez will answer tough questions like what is S? How do companies do S? Can you measure it in a meaningful way for investors?
This is a free webinar.
2022 Partners in Business Ethics Symposium
October 10-12, 2022 Boston University Questrom School of Business
The Susilo Institute hosted the 2022 Partners in Business Ethics Symposium. The theme was TRUST.
Partners in Business Ethics brings together business school deans, thought leaders in business ethics, and corporate leaders, to foster dialogue and share a commitment to promoting integrity and ethical behavior. First held at Penn State in 2010, and building from a terrific symposium last year at BYU, this annual event promotes cooperation between academia and industry to ensure alignment between business education and the needs of today’s businesses.
Keynote speakers:
Judy Samuelson, Executive Director of the Business and Society Program, Aspen Institute.
David Bersoff, SVP & Head of Global Thought Leadership Research at Edelman Data & Intelligence, andJohn Gerzema, CEO of the Harris Poll.
Eric Rosengren, Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, andBill Irving, Chief Investment Officer at Fidelity Investments.
Marshall Van Alstyne, Questrom Professor in Management & Professor, Information Systems at Boston University Questrom School of Business.
Shalene Gupta, Thinkers 50, Writer & Journalist, thought leader on trust, and the co-author of “The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It.”
Insights@Questrom Webinar: Free Speech, Platforms & the Fake News Problem
Free Speech, Platforms & the Fake News Problem Thursday, April 21, 2022, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET
Speaker: Marshall Van Alstyne, Questrom Chair Professor at Boston University, coauthor of the international bestseller Platform Revolution and one of the world’s experts on network business models.
In this exciting webinar, we will examine the key attributes of “fake news” and of current solutions, and present design tradeoffs for curbing fake news.
Nature Has No Borders
How Palestinian and Israeli Citizens Tackle the Environment Wednesday, April 27, 2022, from 3:30pm – 4:30pm ET
Speaker: Dr. David Lehrer, Director of International Development at the Arava Institute and Israel Institute Teaching Fellow at Boston University, will present the applied environmental diplomacy approach of the Institute’s joint Palestinian and Israeli water, food security, renewable energy and public health initiatives.
Insights@Questrom Webinar: Marketing, Fraud, and Ethical Boundaries
Marketing, Fraud, and Ethical Boundaries
Anthony Loveland reflects on fraud charges in telemedicine services. March 2, 2022 2:00pm-3:00pm EST
Anthony Loveland had a successful career and a thriving business. Now he faces conviction for fraud. When does marketing cross an ethical line? When does it cross the legal line?
Mr. Loveland will be interviewed by: Rachel Spooner, Associate Professor of the Practice in Business Law, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Moderator: Dave Epstein, Executive Director, Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy, Visiting Professor of Practice, Boston University Questrom School of Business
Insights@Questrom Webinar: Ethics and AI Startups
February 16, 2022 2:00pm -3:00pm EST
Should AI startups care about ethics? Startups and their investors are focused, capital efficient and driven to sell a product. AI is fraught with ethical questions. What responsibilities, then, do startups have when dealing with AI biases, black-box algorithms, or private data mined by AI? Would they, should they forgo potential profit?
IPHACON 2021 Virtual Symposium
Susilo director Dr. Nalin Kulatilaka, Wing Tat Lee Family Professor of Management, presented at the IPHACON 2021 virtual symposium at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research. He was part of an expert panel on “Untapped Solutions for India’s Tuberculosis Epidemic”, discussing the role of nutritional interventions and socially responsible businesses in India’s TB elimination efforts. The video of his presentation, entitled, “Recent trends in CSR and Responsible Investing” is posted below. Co-sponsors for the event included the Susilo Institute and the Boston Medical Center. (September, 2021)
Susilo co-director Nina Mazar joined the future of health conversation with IDEO, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Building H exploring the role of business in building a healthier future (June, 2020).
Dean’s speaker series: Michael McCreless, Head of Investor Collaboration at the Impact Management Project, shared his insights about sustainable and impact investing in his talk entitled “Investing our Values, Changing the World, or Both?” The talk was moderated by Susilo co-director Nalin Kulatilaka (Feb, 2020).
In collaboration with The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at Boston University, we organized a conference on “Reshaping the World 2020: Financial Inclusion & Social Impact Conference” (Feb, 2020).
