Centers and Institutes

Baruch College and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity present "Avian Flu: Ethical, Financial and Management Implications for Business", a conference that explores the business community's role in an effective response to an influenza pandemic.

This is the Part 1 of the conference. Deans John Elliott and David Birdsell make welcome remarks. The opening remarks is given by Dr. Kenneth A. Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Chief, Ethics Consultation, Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health Care.

Panel discussion on "Public Health: Defining the Scope of the Problem" is moderated by David Birdsell. Experts in public health discuss how to reduce opportunities for human infection and what public health officials might expect employers to do to keep their employees safe. Panelists include:

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical School;

Dr. Leslie Libow, Distinguished Clinical Professor, Jewish Home and Hospital Life Care System of New York; Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine;

Dr. Marc K. Siegel, Associate Professor of Medicine and a Fellow in the Master Scholars Society at New York University School of Medicine.

The event takes place on December 1, 2006 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, room 14-220.

Thomas Corney, Veral & Shapiro, Michael Posner, and Conrad MacKerron from the International Center For Corporate Accountability discuss the toy industry and product safety.

The Weissman Center for International Business at Baruch College and Globalization101.org co-sponsor an event on microfinance, one of the "Ask the Experts" series of the Globalization101.org project at the Carnegie Endowment. Topics include the definition of microfinance, the key players and their roles, how microfinance works in developing countries and how young adults get involved in the field of microfinance.

The event is moderated by Rebecca Weiner, Project Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The featured speakers are Josie Sentner, a former investment banker, now a consultant to Microfinance networks, President's Council of Accion International; Bhakti Mirchandani, the Lehman Brothers' Investment Management Division; and Stephanie Janet, a professor of political science at Baruch College, and former microcredit project evaluator with Unicef. Questions from students are answered at the end of the interview.

The event takes place on December 6, 2006 at Baruch College's Vertical Campus, room 14-285.

Rug Burad and David Smart from the International Center For Corporate Accountability discuss toy factories in Mexico and China.

Paul Hoffman, Thomas Niles, and Terry Collingsworth from the International Center For Corporate Accountability discuss the Alien Tort Claim Act and TVPA.

A panel of experts provides information and advice about front office positions on Wall Street.

The event is co-sponsored by the Starr Career Development Center and the Investment Banking Club. It is moderated by Baruch alumnus David Shulman, former Managing Director and Head REIT analyst at Lehman Brothers. Panelists include: Richard Lieb, Managing Director, Greenhill Investment Bank; Melissa Sefl, Portfolio Manager, SAC Capital Management; Tom Kurtz, Managing Director, Sales and Trading, Lehman Brothers; and Ivy Zelman, Managing Director, Research, Credit Suisse.

The event takes place on November 16, 2006 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, Room 14-250.

Jacquelyn Gates, Logsdon & Wood, Oliver Williams, and Richard Coughlan from the International Center For Corporate Accountability discuss the role of ethics in organizations and corporations.

The Weissman Center for International Business hosts this executive briefing based on the findings of a benchmark study from the Corporate Communications Institute (CCI) at Fairleigh Dickinson University, underwritten by Prudential Financial and conducted in Beijing, China.

Robert DeFillippo, Chief Communication Officer, Global Communications, Prudential Financial speaks on the value of research for corporate communication executives.

Michael Goodman, Director of the CCI at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Jay Wang, Professor at Purdue University present the final report. Study findings identify corporate communication structure, practices, and trends among Chinese companies. Additionally, they explore perceptions and practices related to corporate social responsibility as part of the corporate communication function.

The event takes place on November 14, 2006 at the Newman Real Estate Institute, Oak Room.

Ramon Rodriguez, Corporate Protocol Consultant and founder and President of Blue Arena Corporation, the leader in etiquette and protocol services, discusses dining etiquette. Topics include: invitations, host duties, guest duties, taking your seat and napkins, toasting "you are in the spotlight", posture at the table and excusing yourself, style of eating (American and Continental), silverware savvy, the silent service code, place setting, dining dos and don'ts, and eating various food.

The event takes place on November 7, 2006 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, Room 14-270, hosted by the Starr Career Development Center.