Wednesday 4 November
7:30am - 10:05am
Aston Business School
How can we rebuild trust in UK business? Should we be looking for new ways of running our companies? What does a responsible business look like as we emerge from these challenging economic times? This major business breakfast offers the chance to hear from prominent business leaders and academics on how building responsible and sustainable businesses is the imperative in the new economic climate.
The Mid-Year Edelman Trust Barometer, which measures the UK's trust in business and business ethics, shows that:
Come and hear the views of senior business leaders from Cadbury UK and the Yorkshire Bank about how we can rebuild trust in business. Find out how we can influence tomorrow's business leaders about responsibility and ethics through business and management education.
Agenda
7.00am Arrival and registration
7.20am Breakfast
7.50am Professor Mike West: Welcome
Peter Lambert OBE: Introductions and opening remarks
8.00am Trevor Bond: ‘Building a sustainable business’
8.20am Round table discussions
8.40am Table wrap up
8.50am Brian Colquhoun: ‘Ethics and profit; two halves of the same coin’
9.10am Round table discussions
9.30am Table wrap up
9.40am Carole Parkes and Dr Stuart Cooper: ‘Ethics and Responsibility – The Role of Business & Management Education’
10.00am Conclusions and thanks
10.05am Close
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Guest speakers
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Professor Mike West, Executive Dean, Aston Business School
- Peter Lambert OBE, Deputy Chief Executive, Business in the Community
- Brian Colquhoun, Regional Director, Yorkshire Bank
- Trevor Bond, President, Cadbury Britain and Ireland
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Carole Parkes and Dr Stuart Cooper, Co Directors Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Aston Business School
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