Burkenroad conference attracts biggest crowd ever

It might not be obvious from the standing-room-only crowds, but investment professionals still regard the Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference as one of the industry’s best-kept secrets. “It’s not as visited yet by a lot of institutional investors or analysts, so...

Crisis experts tout importance of ethical leadership

Having a well-defined code of ethics may not prevent every crisis, but according to one of the speakers at this year’s Burkenroad Symposium on Business and Society, it helps prevent those crises that do occur from becoming worse. “Ethical leadership is one of the ways...

Research: Faculty Research in Brief

Michael Burke, Lawrence Martin Chair in Business, gave an invited presentation on “Improving Safety and Health for Disaster Cleanup Workers” at the National Institute of Environmental Health (NIEHS) Deepwater Horizon Lessons Learned Workshop, held in Mobile, Ala., on...

Feature: Six Extraordinary Years

  Angelo DeNisi was just a few weeks into his new job as dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business when he had a revelation. It was July 2005, and DeNisi was presiding over the Freeman School’s summer commencement ceremony—his first official act as dean of the...