Business and the Future of Democracy
The second edition of the Luiss-Wharton Conference, convened by Valentina Gentile of Luiss and Alan Strudler of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
May 25,
9:00 am: Welcome Address
Giovanni Orsina, Head of the Department of Political Science, Luiss
Introduction by
Valentina Gentile, Luiss, Italy
9:30 am Session I
Chair:
Valentina Gentile, Luiss, Italy
Speakers:
David Silver, University of British Columbia, Canada
Business Ethics, Strategy, and Emerging Autocracy
Brookes Brown, University of Toronto, Canada
The Bill Comes Due, But What Do I Owe? The Appropriate Scope of Markets and Fairness
Q&A
11:20 am Session II
Chair
Alan Strudler, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Speaker:
Emanuela Ceva, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Public Versus Corporate? Degrees of Open Texture
Kenneth Silver, Trinity College, Ireland:
Corporate Limitarianism
Q&A
2:30 pm Session III
Chair:
Pietro Maffettone, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Speakers:
Valentina Gentile, Luiss, Italy
Alan Strudler, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
CSR and Democratic Resistance in a Post‑Liberal Age. Reconsidering the Public/Non‑Public Distinction
Pierre‑Yves Néron, Catholic University of Lille, France
Business and/or Democracy: A Genealogical Argument
Q&A
5:00 pm Book Launch: The Ethics of ESG
Introduction by
Paolo Boccardelli, Rector of Luiss, Italy
Chair:
Sebastiano Maffettone, Director of the Ethos Observatory, Luiss, Italy
Comments by
Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño, President of IE University, Spain
Jeffrey Moriarty, Executive Director of the Hoffman Center for Business Ethics and Philosophy, Bentley University, US
William S. Laufer, Julian Aresty Endowed Professor and Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Sociology, and Criminology, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, US
Megan Foster, Lecturer in International Political Theory, Luiss, Italy
Editors’ Response,
May 26
9:30 am Session IV
Chair:
Alan Strudler, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Speakers:
Lee‑Ann Chae, Temple University, USA
Neoliberal War Economies, Human Rights, and the Good Life
Sebastiano Maffettone, Ethos Observatory, Luiss, Italy
Justice, Democracy, and Corporations
Q&A
11:20 am Session V
Chair:
Valentina Gentile, Luiss, Italy
Speaker:
Sandrine Blanc, INSEEC Grande École, France
Establishing a Reasonable Corporation
Luigi Caranti, University of Catania, Italy
Big Tech, Economic Inequality, and the Future of Democracy. Taking a Fresh (In Fact Very Old) Look at Private Property and Freedom of Enterprise After the Neo‑Liberal Intoxication
Q&A
12:50 pm Concluding Remarks
Alan Strudler, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA