Our events are hosted by one of the NIBE stakeholder or partner organisations and are opportunities to meet with other people interested and concerned with business ethics. They are arranged at various locations throughout the North East, either directly or in partnership with others with the aim of sharing information on business ethics, discussing current dilemmas and sharing good practice.
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Three quarters of the public want to work for companies with a good reputation (CBI/Porter Novelli/Opnium 2019); business reputation has improved by 4 points to 60% since September 2018 and, amid the uncertainty of Brexit, 49% of adults think businesses will find the next year difficult. Against this backdrop The Liebherr Group is a values-driven global family business that has pioneered trusted partnership relationships and seen steady growth ever since its formation in 1949. Ralph Saelzer, the managing director of the Sunderland Works Ltd, is joining Professor Lawrence Bellamy, academic dean of Sunderland University’s faculty of business, law and tourism and recent Sunderland graduate Rob Sisson to talk about the importance of responsible leadership in our changing world.
What are the ethical challenges – and opportunities – being brought about by changes in working practice and globalization? As business ethics thinking enters new territory to consider these challenges it’s vital that we encourage the next generation of business leaders to consider the ethical dimensions of evolving technologies and new working practices and their impact on work and business. The evening will comprise a series of short presentations followed by discussion.
Ralph Saelzer is the German-born md of Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd, which he joined in 2002. He is passionate about the apprenticeship and skills agenda and holds voluntary posts including Chair of the Sunderland Workplace Health Alliance, Governor of Sunderland College and member of the Make UK Regional Advisory Board
Professor Lawrence Bellamy is academic dean of the Sunderland University’s faculty of business, law and tourism. He is a chartered engineer with a background in the manufacturing and construction industries and his research interests lie in the area of strategy, enterprise, small business, international management and work-based learning.
Schedule
5:00pm Registration and Refreshments
5:30pm Welcome – Professor Lawrence Bellamy, Academic Dean of Sunderland University’s faculty of Business, Law and Tourism
5:35pm Why Ethics is important to future leaders – Rob Sisson, recent graduate of Sunderland University
5:40pm Ralph Saelzer MD of Liebherr-Sunderland Works Ltd – The role of responsible leadership – the opportunities and challenges of running a value’s lead business – 15 mins
5:55pm Q&A with Caroline Theobald, Director of NIBE
5:15pm Networking
6:30pm Event Close
Ralph Saelzer MD of Liebherr-Sunderland Works Ltd
Why Responsible Businesses Should Recognise Trade Unions
Refreshments will be available from 16:30 and the lecture will take place at 17:00 in lecture theatre 403.
Speaker: Kevan Rowan, Trades Union Congress
Further details will be available soon.
Ethical Dilemmas and Social Media Use in the Workplace
Refreshments will be available from 16:30 and the lecture will take place at 17:00 in lecture theatre 403.
Speaker: Linn Byberg, Institute for Business Ethics
Further details will be available soon.
Ethics, Meaningfulness and Mutuality
Refreshments will be available from 16:30 and the lecture will take place at 17:00 (room TBC).
Speaker: Dr Ruth Yeoman, Oxford University
Further details will be available soon.
Business Responsibility for Human Rights
Refreshments will be available from 16:30 and the lecture will take place at 17:00 (room TBC).
Speaker: Dr Owen Boyle, Northumbria University
Further details will be available soon.