Executive Speeches articles from April 2005

Executive Speeches archives from April 2005

A privilege worth fighting for.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Ed Zore is president and chief executive officer of Northwestern Mutual. His remarks were presented at the four regional meetings of the company's financial representatives during the winter of 2005. A few months ago--on September 15--I...

Wal-Mart & California: a key moment in time for American capitalism.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Lee Scott is president and chief executive officer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. His remarks were presented at the Town Hall Los Angeles on February 23, 2005. Thank you, Jim, and thank you, Adrienne. I know that Town Hall Los Angeles has a...

Open markets, open minds? Implications of economic liberalization in China.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... James A. Dorn is a China specialist and vice president for academic affairs at the Cato Institute. He is coeditor of "China's Future: Constructive Partner or Emerging Threat?" (Cato Institute, 2000). His remarks were presented at the Seventh...

Ethics in business: the heart of the matter.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Harold Tinkler is chief ethics & compliance officer, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. His remarks were presented at Texas A&M University on November 16, 2004. It's a privilege to be here at Texas A&M. I feel honored to be speaking at a...

Giving ethics operational meaning in corporate governance.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Ronald Berenbeim is principal researcher and director, Global Business Ethics Programs, The Conference Board. His remarks were presented at the Institut Aspen France Second International Conference on Business Ethics and Corporate Governance,...

Ethics and ethos: the timeless importance of character.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Amy Woods Brinkley is chief risk officer, Bank of America. Her remarks were presented to the Wharton Women Annual Dinner on November 8, 2004, in Philadelphia. I am really delighted to be here. I was excited to get your invitation and am...

Leading with conviction: values-based management for today's turbulent world.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Mike Eskew is chairman and chief executive officer, UPS. His remarks were presented at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Distinguished Speakers' Forum, Simi Valley, California, on January 28, 2004. Thank you for that kind...

Creating competitive advantage through business ethics.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr., is president and chief executive officer of Marathon Oil Corporation. His remarks were presented at the The Conference Board's 2002 Business Ethics Conference, New York City, May 21, 2002. Good morning everyone,...

Business ethics: everybody's favorite oxymoron.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Murray Weidenbaum is the Mallincrodt Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis where he is also the honorary chairman of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy. His remarks were...

When disaster strikes: putting corporate values to the test.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Charles R. Lee is retired chairman and co-chief executive officer, Verizon Communications. His remarks were presented at the 2001 CEO2CEO Conference in New York City on October 31, 2001. Good afternoon, This is a wonderful collection of...

Leadership: seven behaviors for 'muddling through'.(Corning Inc.)(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... James R. Houghton is chairman and chief executive offcer of Corning Incorporated. His remarks were delivered at the Senior Leadership/Corporate Transformation Conference in Harriman, New York, on April 11, 1996. Good morning ladies and...

The moral dimension of competitiveness.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... C.J. Silas is retired chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Company. His remarks were presented at the University of Arkansas Student Assembly in Pine Bluff Arkansas on April 13, 1993. Fifty-one years ago today, two...

The need for ethical leadership.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... Willard C. Butcher is retired chairman of the Chase Manhattan Corporation. His remarks were delivered at the A.B. Freeman School of Business commencement in New Orleans on May 15, 1987. Thank you. President Kelly, Dean Burnett, Professor...

The corporate corruption phantom.(Transcript)
April 1, 2005... The late Ira G. Corn, Jr. was chairman and chief executive officer of Michigan General Corporation. His remarks were based on a speech at the Free Enterprise Institute, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, on June 11, 1981. ...