IBE events are aimed at business executives responsible for making decisions that affect corporate ethical behaviour, although anyone with an interest in the topic is welcome to attend
All events are free to attend unless stated otherwise.
03 September 2018
Academic Business Ethics Network (AcaBEN) meeting
TIME: 11:30 - 15:30
OPEN TO: those from higher education institutions (HEI) only
LOCATION: 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1BE
The Institute of Business Ethics is pleased to announce the formal launch of its networking group for those working on, and thinking about, business ethics in Higher Education Institutions.
Our inaugural Academic Business Ethics Network (AcaBEN) meeting will be taking place on Monday 03 September 2018 from 11.30-15.30.
In the meeting there will be something for everyone:
- Guendalina Dondé, the IBE’s Senior Research, will be sharing insights from our latest Ethics at Work survey, with response from Professor Christopher Cowton, Professor of Financial Ethics, Huddersfield Business School
- Three breakout streams will facilitate discussion around the following topics:
- For those researching business ethics latest thinking and research ideas and opportunities will be shared
- For those teaching ethics we will think about what is being taught (both formally and informally), how it is being taught, and the most effective assessment methods, and
- For those responsible for the culture and ethics of their institution, we will look at how to embed your code of ethics, approaches to gift acceptance and handling conflicts of interest
- You will have the opportunity to set the future direction of the group, and
- Of course, there will be plenty of time for networking built into the agenda.
Please also feel free to share this event with any of your colleagues you think may also be interested in attending – for this first event, we’re not limiting the number of attendees from any one institution.
Going forward, attendance at subsequent AcaBEN meetings will be restricted to IBE subscribers only, but this first meeting is an open meeting, as we cast our vision for the group.
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13 September 2018
IBE & CMA Workshop: Avoiding cartels and anti-competitive conduct
SPEAKER: Michael Grenfell CMA Executive Director, Enforcement; Lourenco Ventura, CMA Legal Director; and Tamara Todorovic CMA Director, Civil Cartel Enforcement
TIME: 09:00 - 11:30
TYPE: Workshop
OPEN TO: Larger Corporate Subscribers Only (200+ employees)
LOCATION: 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1BE
Anti-competitive behaviour is unethical, unfair and illegal.
Cartels cheat customers, who end up paying more for lower quality goods and services.
And dominant businesses break the law when they abuse their power to give customers a worse deal or squeeze out their rivals.
But what does anti-competitive behaviour look like in practice? How can you make employees alive to the issues and ensure that your business is compliant.
AGENDA:
09:00 Registration & networking
09:30 Introductions
09:40 A talk about the importance of fostering a culture of ethics and compliance within an organisation - UK businesses drawing out the CMA’s priority to ensure markets can be trusted - Michael Grenfell CMA Executive Director, Enforcement
10:20 Interactive analysis and discussion of scenarios involving potentially anti-competitive behaviour - Lourenco Ventura, CMA Legal Director and Tamara Todorovic CMA Director, Civil Cartel Enforcement
11:00 Q&A
11:20 Summary
11:30 Close
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Michael Grenfell, CMA
Executive Director, Enforcement
Dr Michael Grenfell
is an Executive Director on the Board of the Competition and Markets Authority
– the UK’s primary competition and consumer agency – where he is responsible
for enforcement of competition and consumer laws. He joined the CMA in January
2014, where he was initially a Senior Director for competition in the regulated
sectors, before moving to his current position in July 2015. Before he
joined the CMA, he was a solicitor in private practice for 25 years,
specialising in UK and EU competition law and sector regulation, including,
from 1998 to 2013, as a Partner at the international law firm Norton Rose
Fulbright. He has written and broadcast widely on competition, regulatory
and consumer issues, and was co-author of Coleman and Grenfell on The Competition Act 1998 (OUP). He
has an M.A. in history and law from Cambridge University, and a Ph.D in
political thought from the London School of Economics.
Tamara Todorovic, CMA
Director, Civil Cartel Enforcement
Tamara is a Director of Cartel Enforcement in the Enforcement
Directorate at the CMA. Her role includes working on civil cartel investigations
and leniency applications. She joined the CMA in July 2015 as an Assistant
Director. Prior to joining the CMA, Tamara was a solicitor in private practice,
specialising in UK and EU competition law, and worked as a legal adviser on
secondment to the (then) Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
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20 September 2018
Ethics is my bag – creating engaging ethics training for a complex organisation
SPEAKER: David Morris, Head of Compliance Training and Communication, Royal Mail Group
TIME: 12:30 - 14:30
TYPE: Lunch discussion
OPEN TO: All
LOCATION: 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1BE
Can ethics training ever be fun?
How do you engage a diverse workforce?
Embedding ethics is a challenge for any organisation, but Royal Mail – with a workforce of 143,000, many of whom are not desk-based and a long history of public ownership, perhaps faced more challenges than most.
David Morris, Head of Compliance Training at Royal Mail Group will share some of the innovative ways the company tried to achieve their ambitious aim of an ethics touchpoint for every employee at this IBE lunch discussion.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Head of Compliance Training and Communication
Royal Mail Group
David Morris has held the role of Head of Compliance Training and Communication for Royal Mail Group for the past two years. He is responsible for the development of the compliance and business ethics training strategy, ensuring that 143,000 colleagues are equipped with the tools to make the right decisions. Prior to joining Royal Mail Group David has worked in pharmaceuticals, logistics, clothing retail and food retail. The experience gained from working across different sectors has helped to drive the compliance function across Royal Mail Group, which saw the team winning two major awards in 2017. Outside of work David is married and has three children.
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27 September 2018
Measuring Culture: Using data and innovation to shed light on corporate behaviour
SPEAKER: Brian Kings, Group Compliance Manager of Vodafone Group Services Limited and Peter Montagnon, Associate Director of the Institute of Business Ethics
TIME: 12:15 - 14:30
TYPE: Business Ethics Network (BEN) Meeting
OPEN TO: Larger Corporate Subscribers Only (200+ employees)
LOCATION: 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1BE
How do we understand the forces that drive behaviour within our businesses?
How do we effectively measure culture?
This session, facilitated by Brain Kings of Vodafone Group and the Peter Montagnon of the IBE, will explore using culture related data to better understand cultural specifics and holistically interpret the drivers behind numbers.
What are Business Ethics Network (BEN) meetings?
BEN meetings bring together those responsible for ethics within their organisation, providing an invaluable occasion to meet and share issues and practices with which they are involved. Up to 2 employees from each eligible subscriber organisation may join these meetings.
BEN: Held quarterly in London
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11 October 2018
ProfBEN meeting
TIME: 15:00 - 17:00
OPEN TO: Subscribers from Professional and Trade Bodies (organisations with members) Only
LOCATION: 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1BE
Details to be confirmed.
What are Business Ethics Network (BEN) meetings?
BEN meetings bring together those responsible for ethics within their organisation, providing an invaluable occasion to meet and share issues and practices with which they are involved.
ProfBEN: Held twice a year in London
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30 October 2018
Hugh Kay Lecture 2018: Ethics and Fairness - Bringing Them Together
SPEAKER: Sir Tim Melville-Ross CBE
TIME: 18:00 – 20:00
TYPE: Open Discussion
OPEN TO: All
LOCATION: One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW1H 9JJ
The Institute of Business Ethics invites you to the annual CABE Hugh Kay Lecture.
Hugh Kay was a journalist and broadcaster and an integral part of the founding of the IBE as a fund within CABE. Sadly CABE, in its 80th year, has recently been wound up so it is appropriate that the IBE as its offshoot should now take over the mantle of this event.
In the spirit of the original lectures, we will invite an eminent speaker to talk about how their values influence their business life, reflecting on the past and providing insights for the future.
This year we are delighted to welcome IBE’s President and Chair of the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and former Chair of the Higher Education Funding Council for England – Sir Tim Melville-Ross CBE.
He started his career with BP, including service in Libya at the time of the revolution which brought Colonel Gaddaffi to power. He then joined Nationwide and was ultimately appointed as CEO. He was Director General of the Institute of Directors from 1994-1999 and since then has had a plural career with board membership of a variety of organisations, including chairing Investors in People, Essex University, Royal London Insurance, Bovis Homes, DTZ and Manganese Bronze.
Sir Tim will draw on the experiences of his long and varied career to explore themes of equality, diversity, education and training, in the public and private sector. He will talk about how integral issues of fairness continue to be to business ethics, especially in today’s fast changing world
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22 November 2018
Business Ethics Network (BEN) meeting
TIME: 09:30 - 11:30
OPEN TO: Larger Corporate Subscribers Only (200+ employees)
LOCATION: 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1BE
Details to be confirmed.
What are Business Ethics Network (BEN) meetings?
BEN meetings bring together those responsible for ethics within their organisation, providing an invaluable occasion to meet and share issues and practices with which they are involved. Up to 2 employees from each eligible subscriber organisation may join these meetings.
BEN: Held quarterly in London
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