Third IECO-RCC International Colloquium

Seven participants to the Colloquium answer to the question on “what is the most important key to developing ethically healthy organizations” Seven participants in the Colloquium answering to the question of what is the single most important key to develop ethically healthy organizations.

The General Consul of Spain in Boston; the Sr. Associate Director of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University and an Executive Coach and Consultant talk about their experience attending the Colloquium.

Donna Hicks, PhD (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University), discusses what we are learning about human dignity that could inform the development of trust and ethically healthy organizations.

Michael Pirson, PhD, (Fordham School of Business, Fordham University), defines Humanistic Management as a way of organizing that embraces the notion of human dignity and aims to promote the common good.

Nien-hê Hsieh, PhD, (Harvard Business School, Harvard University), delineates what distinguishes Humanistic Management from other accounts of managerial responsibility.

Michael O'Mara Shimek, PhD, (IECO Research Institute and Catholic University of Valencia), proposes a way of understanding and characterizing the moral quality of CSR.

Moderator William English, PhD (Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University), opens the colloquium discussing the need to promote trust and ethically healthy organizations through Humanistic Management.

In March 27th, 2015, the third IECO-RCC International Colloquium addressed the topic “Developing Trust and Ethically Healthy Organizations through Humanistic Management”. It was organized by the Institute for Ethics in Communication and Organizations (IECO) and the Real Colegio Complutense (RCC) at Harvard University. This year, the question of trust and the ethical health of organizations, and its development through Humanistic Management, inspired a lively discussion among the speakers and the audience. The guest speakers were: • William English, PhD, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University (Moderator). • Donna Hicks, PhD, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. • Nien-hê Hsieh, PhD, Harvard Business School, Harvard University. • Michael O’Mara Shimek, PhD, IECO Research Institute, Catholic University of Valencia. • Michael Pirson, PhD, Fordham School of Business, Fordham University.