Business as an Agent of World Benefit:
Management Knowledge Leading Positive Chnage
A Global Forum
called by:
The Academy of Management
Case Weatherhead School of Management
The United Nations Global Compact
October 22nd – 25th 2006
“ This state-of-the-art Forum challenges ‘the great tradeoff illusion’ – the belief that firms must sacrifice outstanding financial performance if they choose, strategically, to address societal challenges.” - Georg Kell, Executive Head, UN Global Compact
Held on October 22nd-25th, 2006 at Case Western Reserve University and online, the Forum brought together top business leaders and educators to focus on ways of doing, researching, and teaching business that is both profitable and successful in addressing the world’s most pressing social needs.
This innovative event brought corporate and thought leaders together in a unique setting to combine theory with practice as a means of developing actionable next steps for companies and business schools seeking to respond to social issues like the environment, health and poverty while also making a profit.
Instead of one-way speaking, the Forum allowed participants to spend the majority of their time in intimate dialogue. Innovative processes which foster participative and interactive dialogue, such as Appreciative Inquiry, allowed participants to explore the business case for corporate social responsibility while developing solutions for implementing, researching, and teaching socially responsible activities.
400 on-site delegates and over 500 virtual participants convened at the Global Forum to challenge the current state of corporate citizenship, envision possibilities for the future, and map out strategies for leveraging corporate citizenship activities.
