May 6, 2003
Contact: Dr. Roy Savoian (509-963-1955/fax 509-963-3042/e-mail: savoianr@cwu.edu)
ELLENSBURG, Wash. - During the past year and a half,
corporate headlines have repeatedly surprised, frightened and disturbed
the American public. The assortment of news stories about Enron,
WorldCom, Tyco and others has focused attention on corruption, greed
and malfeasance in some of the world’s largest corporations.
“People have been left wondering where these corporate
misdeeds and scandals began and whether there is an end in sight,” Dr.
Roy Savoian, dean of the Central Washington University College of
Business (COB), says.
As a way to answer that question, COB will host the 2003
Lecture in Business Ethics, along with an upcoming companion
presentation, the 2003 Lecture in Business and Technology.
Dr. John Dienhart will present the business ethics lecture,
titled “From Enron to Ethics: Corporate Ethics Programs -- Trends and
Opportunities,” Thursday, May 8, at 1 p.m. in Shaw-Smyser 115.
“He will discuss the lessons we have learned and, more
importantly, how instructive they are for understanding corporate
responsibility and business ethics,” Savoian adds.
Dienhart is the Boeing Frank Shrontz Chair for Business
Ethics and Director of the Global Business Ethics Center at Seattle
University. He also serves as president of the Society for Business
Ethics, an international group of philosophers, economists, legal
theorists and practitioners devoted to the study and communication of
business ethics and its role in leadership.
Dienhart has worked in the area of business ethics for more
than 20 years. He has published three books and several articles and
made numerous presentations on the subject.
Dienhart is also helping to form a consulting firm, 4E
Consulting, which will promote “ethical efficiency, ethical
entrepreneurs and constitutive leadership.”
Dienhart’s lecture is sponsored through funds provided by
Fritz and Joan Glover, of Ellensburg, “who share a commitment to
education and an interest in advancing the discussion on campus about
business ethics and corporate responsibility,” Savoian notes.
Franc Javier Camara, director of the corporate standards
strategies group for the Microsoft Corporation, will present the
business and technology lecture, scheduled for Monday, May 12, at 11
a.m. in Shaw Smyser 115. He will discuss “From the Mayans to
E-Commerce.”
“Camara will share his experiences and interesting
perspective on culture, education and the evolution of technology,”
Savoian says.
During a more than 20-year career in the computer industry,
Camara has served in a variety of roles, including programmer, systems
analyst, independent consultant and project manager. He has worked at
Microsoft for the past decade. His responsibilities have included
worldwide technical consulting for top 100 corporations and, because of
his proficiency in four languages, he was asked to start Microsoft
offices in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Japan and Spain.
Camara is also co-inventor of nine pending patents in various
technologies, and the sole inventor of one. His presentation is
sponsored by two CWU student organizations, the Association of
Management Information Systems and ECO (Exito. Conocimiento.
Oportunidad) (which, in English, translates to Successful. Knowledge.
Expedience).
It is also supported by the College Assistance Migrant
Program (CAMP), which provides financial aid and academic support to
freshman students from migrant and seasonal farm worker backgrounds.
For more information about the presentations, or for persons
of disability to arrange for reasonable accommodation, call (509)
963-1955, or (for the hearing impaired) TDD (509) 963-2143.
