Mr. Coleman and his wife, Lois Coleman, started and funded a program in The Wharton School offering prizes for the best essay in business ethics, which ran for a number of years. In 2002 the Coleman's generously launched the Coleman Social Impact Lecture Series. Past speakers have included those listed below.

Joel Coleman is an attorney who practiced law in both a law firm and corporate environment for over forty years, including twenty-five years as Vice-President and General Counsel of Playtex Products, Inc. He is a graduate of both The Wharton School and the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

 

Apr 15, 2008

Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Global Illicit Financial Flows And How to Renew the Free-Market System

Raymond W. Baker

Guest Scholar at The Brookings Institution

Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy

Director of the Global Financial Integrity program in Washington, D.C.

Nov 20, 2006

Global Corporate Governance

Roderick M. Hills

Former Chairman

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Oct 24, 2005

C. K. Prahalad

Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business

Ross School of Business

University of Michigan

The author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

-- "If we stop thinking of the poor as victims or as a burden and start recognizing them as resilient and creative entrepreneurs and value-conscious consumers, a whole new world of opportunity will open up."

Oct 13, 2004

Ethics in Securities Trading - Alternatives in the Workplace and Maintaining the True Internal Compass When Magnetic Storms of Intense Competition and Rapid Change Batter the Financial Markets

Mark O. Winkelman

Senior Director

Goldman Sachs

Nov 14, 2003

Social Entrepreneurship: Opportunities to use Business Skills for Social Purposes

J. Gregory Dees

Fuqua School of Business

Duke University

Sep 19, 2002 Global Corporate Citizenship: Passing fad or future competitive edge?

Jane Nelson

Director of Business Leadership and Strategy

The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum [IBLF]

 

 

Nov 28, 2007

Integrity and Leadership

Timothy P. Flynn

Chairman and Chief Executive, KPMG LLP

Nov 7, 2007 Accounting, Acquisitions and Accuracy

Henry Sweetbaum

Mar 21, 2007

The Quest for Socially Responsible Capitalism

Henry Sweetbaum

Nov 28, 2005

 

Corporate Governance and the Future of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Roderick M. Hills

David S. Ruder

Sep 29, 2005

The Business Case for Sustainability

Bob Willard

Mar 2, 2004 Contractarian Business Ethics Today  

Ben Wempe
Rotterdam School Of Management
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands