CANCELLED. Eighth International Colloquium IECO-RCC: "What is the role of morality and integrity in effective leadership?"

Date: 

Thursday, March 26, 2020, 9:30am to 1:00pm

Location: 

RCC Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge MA.

The Institute for Ethics in Communication and Organizations (IECO) at University of Valencia (UV) and the RCC, in collaboration with the Abigail Adams Institute and the IECO-UV Chair of Business Ethics, organize this annual Colloquium that brings together leading scholars and practitioners to shed light on what it takes to promote a work place environment that brings out the best in people, creating not only trust, but also organizations that thrive.

IECO 8

This year’s Colloquium, we want to reflect on the topic of leaders’ moral character. The discussion would be about the qualities or virtues of the leader that turn into guarantee of a good government in institutions and business organizations. We hope that the interdisciplinary theoretical and practical approach of the discussion will lead to an engaging and fruitful debate.

Click here for video of previous editions of the Colloquium.

Moderator: Danilo Petranovich. The Abigail Adams Institute.

Speakers: Donna Hicks. Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Arthur C. Brooks. Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow at the Harvard Business School; Amy Edmondson. Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and Sandra Sucher. Professor of Management Practice, Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School; Matthew T. Lee. Lecturer on Sociology and Director of Empirical Research of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

Coordinator: Manuel Guillén. Director, IECO Research Institute, University of Valencia; University of Valencia Delegate at RCC.

Sponsors: RCC; Tatiana Foundation; Abigail Adams Institute; IECO-UV Chair of Business Ethics.

Please note that this event is not open to the public.