AGENDA

Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Views on the Creation of Wealth
April 23-24, 2007 - Hesburgh Center Auditorium

Monday, April 23

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Registration in the Great Hall of the Hesburgh Center and Coffee

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Opening Session:
Chair: R. Scott Appleby, Regan Director of the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame

Interfaith Declaration of International Business Ethics:
12-Year Experiences and New Challenges
Speaker: Simon Webley, Institute of Business Ethics, London
Presentation: "Interfaith Declaration of International Business Ethics: 12 Year Experiences and New Challenges"

The Focus on Wealth Creation: Need, Clarifications, and Challenges
Speaker: Georges Enderle, Ryan Professor of International Business Ethics, University of Notre Dame
Presentation: "The Focus on Wealth Creation: Need, Clarifications, and Challenges"

A Conversation with Abraham
Imagined by David B. Burrell C.S.C., Hesburgh Professor of Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Reception in the Atrium of the Mendoza College of Business

6:30 pm - 7.45 pm: Dinner in the Atrium of the Mendoza College of Business
Invocation: Rabbi Michael A. Signer, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame
Welcome Address by John Affleck-Graves, Executive Vice President of the University of Notre Dame

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Business Examples of Genuine Wealth Creation
Chair: Ann E. Tenbrunsel, O'Neil Co-Director, Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide, University of Notre Dame

Medtronic, Inc.
Speaker: Steve Mahle, Executive Vice President and President of Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, and Chair of the Medtronic Foundation

Accion International
Speaker: Patrick E. Murphy, C. R. Smith Director, Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide, University of Notre Dame

Net1 UEPS, South Africa
Speakers: Josh Cox, Meghan Carter, Karen Diatta, MBA students, University of Notre Dame

Tuesday, April 24

7:30 am - 8:00 am: Continental Breakfast in the Great Hall of the Hesburgh Center

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Muslim Views on Concepts, Motivations, and Challenges of Wealth Creation
Chair: Asma Afsaruddin, Associate Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Notre Dame
Speakers:
Masudul Alam Choudhury, Professor of Economics, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Presentation: "Dispensation of Wealth in Islam"
Nasser Elahi, Director of the Center for Economic Studies, Mofid University, Iran, and currently Visiting Scholar at the University of Notre Dame
Presentation: "The Islamic Piety and the Issue of Wealth"

9:00 am - 10:00 am: Christian Views on Concepts, Motivations, and Challenges of Wealth Creation
Chair: Lee A. Tavis, Smith Professor of Business Administration, University of Notre Dame
Speakers:
David W. Miller, Executive Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale Divinity School
Presentation: Wealth Creation as Integrated with Faith: A Protestant Reflection

Todd D. Whitmore, Associate Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
Presentation: "The Production of Wealth in Catholic Social Teaching: The Evidence and the Liabilities"

10:00 am - 10:30 am: Break

10:30 am – 11:30 am: Jewish Views on Concepts, Motivations, and Challenges of Wealth Creation
Chair: Rabbi Michael A. Signer, Abrams Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture, University of Notre Dame
Speakers:
Jonathan Cohen, Director of Hebrew-Union College-University of Cincinnati Ethics Center
Presentation: Less is More: Wealth Creation and Business Ethics - A Jewish Perspective
Moses L. Pava, Alvin Einbender Chair in Business Ethics, Yeshiva University
Presentation: "Wealth and the 'Will to Enter into Relation': A Jewish Perspective"

11:30 am - 12:30 am: Challenges for Leaders in Business, Government, and Civil Society
Chair: Robert P. Vecchio, Schurz Professor of Management, Mendoza College of Business
Speakers:
Joanne Ciulla, Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, University of Richmond
Presentation: "Reflections on Why Leaders Abuse Entrusted Power"
R. Scott Appleby, Regan Director of the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame

12:45 pm – 2:15 pm: Lunch in the Morris Inn
Invocation: Imam A. Rashied Omar, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
Address by Carolyn Y. Woo, Dean of the Mendoza College of Business

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Moving Toward a Common Ground in Pluralistic Societies While Facing Conflicting Paradigms of Economics
Chair: A. Rashied Omar, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Speakers:
Paul J. Weithman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
Presentation: Two Models of Consensus
Amitava K. Dutt, Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Presentation: "Conflicting Paradigms in Economics and the Dynamics of Wealth Creation"

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Moving Toward a Common Ground by Redefining Corporate Responsibilities
Chair: Oliver Williams, C.S.C., Director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business, University of Notre Dame
Speakers:
Allen White, Vice President of Tellus Institute, Boston
Presentation: "The Wealth of Corporations"
Robert Audi, David E. Gallo Professor of Business Ethics, University of Notre Dame
Presention: "Corporate Social Imperatives:The Ethics of Wealth Management"

6:00 pm - 6:20 pm: Concluding Discussion
Chair: Georges Enderle, Ryan Chair in International Business Ethics, University of Notre Dame

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Dinner in the Morris Inn
Invocation: Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V., Professor of Management - Emeritus, DePaul University