Symposium
Crucial questions, conversations, and connections
The annual McGowan Symposium on Business Leadership & Ethics is the springboard to McGowan’s yearlong Fellows program. At the symposium, the McGowan community welcomes our new Fellows as they delve into meaningful conversations with peers, alumni, recognized leaders in business, government, and academia, as well as with thought leaders from outside their own MBA programs. In addition, the weekend includes a half-day retreat for alums, sponsored by the McGowan Fund.
Symposia focus on specific issues, always with an eye to the intersection of current trends in ethical leadership and decision-making.
Past Symposia
2022
The Future of Being True
2021
What Can Conscious Capitalism Do?
2020
Applying Principled Leadership in Uncertain Times
Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper School of Business
2019
Leading in a VUCA World
MIT
Sloan School of Management
2018
Leadership. Connection. Commitment.
Duke University
Fuqua School of Business
2017
The History & Revitalization Efforts in Detroit
University of Michigan
Ross School of Business
2016
Socially Responsible Innovation
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
2015
The Sustainability Imperative: Developing Communities in a Changing World
Columbia University
Columbia Business School
2014
Global Inequality: Shifting the Conversation to Creative Solutions
University of Chicago
Booth School of Business
2013
The New World of Work: Are You Ready?
Dartmouth College
Tuck School of Business
2012
Values-Based Leadership: Exploring Ethical Standards and Practice
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management
2011
Business & Government: Who’s Ethically Challenged?
Georgetown University
McDonough School of Business
2010
Ethics & the Financial Crisis
National Archives
William G. McGowan Theater