Ethics and Leadership

Retired general George Casey, the 36th chief of staff of the US Army, shared his expertise on strategic leadership with Columbia Business School students, including military veterans, on Tuesday, February 7, at the School.

The number of women holding leadership positions in New York’s top companies continues to rise at a slow pace, according to a new study by Columbia Business School and the Women’s Executive Circle of New York (WECNY).

Mikael Ohlsson, president and CEO for the IKEA Group, received the 2011 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics, an annual award presented by the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics.

Industry leaders and activists came together on Thursday, October 6, to discuss diversity on corporate boards as part of a lunchtime panel presented by the Sanford C. Bernstein Student Leadership and Ethics Board, Columbia Women in Business, and the Latin American and Hispanic Business Association.

Henry Kravis '69 urges the School's newest alumni to take responsibility for shaping society.

The Columbia Future Leaders symposium convened 120 students from across the University for a day-long event centered around Building Leaders: Revolutionizing the Future.

The Student Leadership and Ethics Board hosted a series of events under the emerging theme of Rebuilding Trust & Restoring Confidence.

The Individual, Business, and Society (IBS) Teaching Prize will honor a Columbia Business School faculty member for outstanding teaching of leadership, ethics, and governance within the core and flex core curriculum.

The Sanford C. Bernstein Center, in conjunction with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, has produced a research report on Governance, Executive Compensation, and Excessive Risk in the Financial Services Industry, which addresses the latest academic research and industry best practices on corporate governance and compensation in the financial industry as well as the latest proposals for reform and regulation of these practices.

Peter Blom Receives Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics for his leadership in responsible banking.