Stern Hosts Corporate Ethics Seminar
In
response to increasing concerns about ethics in corporate America, the
NYU Stern Undergraduate College held a special seminar featuring speakers
from the highest levels of corporations, regulatory agencies and academia.
The seminar, entitled "The Integrity of Corporate Accounts and
the Stability of Capital Markets: Implications for the Future of the
American Economy," spanned the spring semester. Its goal was to
foster a greater understanding of the demands of corporate executives
today and the ability to ethically meet those demands.
"At Stern, we are focused on developing our students not only as top professionals, but also as outstanding leaders," said Frederick Choi, Vice Dean and Dean of the Undergraduate College. "I believe that this course was a remarkable opportunity for students to learn from top-level executives who have had to make crucial, far-impacting, and most important, ethical decisions throughout their careers."
Both undergraduate and MBA students participated in the seminar, which was led and organized by Abraham Gitlow, who served as Dean of the NYU Stern Undergraduate College from 1965 - 1985.
Distinguished
speakers during this spring's seminar included: Harvey Golub, BS '61
and retired Chairman and CEO of American Express Company; Arthur Levitt
Jr., Former Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission; Martin Lipton,
Chairman of the New York University Board of Trustees and Partner at
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; William Parrett, President and Managing
Partner at Deloitte & Touche; John Sexton, President of New York
University; Muriel F. Siebert, President and Chairwoman of Muriel Siebert
& Co.; Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve;
and The Honorable John C. Whitehead, Chairman of the Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation, former Deputy Secretary of State and former
CEO of Goldman Sachs & Co.
