With Andrew Fastow now free from prison, it is a good time to revisit the importance of ethical behavior in business. Most CEOs instinctively understand the need for ethical behavior in their organizations. They intuitively know where lines are drawn, even at the very edge of competitive pressure, and rarely tolerate breaches. But how do we manage to make those lines clearer to everyone in the company? How do we prevent those who might be tempted to cross the line from doing so? When they do, how can we become aware of the breach before relationships with customers, vendors, employees, or investors are irreparably damaged, or before we are faced with scrutiny from the media and sanctions from government? These questions and more will be addressed by our exceptional panel of experts, which includes an Enron director who lived through the nightmare of Fastow’s ethical failure, a lawyer who has helped companies deal with ethics violations, and a professor of "scandal" from the Markets, Ethics and Law program at NYU. You won't want to miss it!
SCHEDULE:
7 - 7:30 p.m. - Mingling
7:30 - 8:30 p.m. - Program
PANEL:
Herbert S. ("Pug") Winokur, Jr. - Chairman & CEO of Capricorn Holdings
Leonard M. (“Len”) Rosenberg - Partner with Garfunkel Wild, P.C.
Marc Hodak - Managing Partner of Hodak Value Advisors
PANELIST BIOS:
PUG WINOKUR is Chairman & CEO of Capricorn Holdings, a private investment firm whose portfolio investments have included companies with $3B+ revenues and over 25,000 employees. Pug is a Trustee of the National Humanities Center and of Ithaka Harbors, Inc. He is Co-Founder & Chairman of Squash Haven, Inc., and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.
LEN ROSENBERG is a Partner/Director and Chair of the Litigation and Arbitration practice group at Garfunkel Wild, P.C. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Health Care practice group. Len is the editor of “In The New York State Courts,” a summary of recent court decisions in health care law, and is also a member of the Editorial Board of The Health Lawyer, a journal published by the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association.
MARC HODAK is founder of Hodak Value Advisors (HVA), a firm that advises Boards, investors and senior management on corporate performance measurement, executive compensation, and related governance issues. Marc is an adjunct professor at NYU’s Stern School and a visiting lecturer at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Questions? Contact Cathy Curley at ccurley@ceotrust.org
