Business and the Future of Democracy
Second edition of the Luiss-Wharton Conference, convened by Valentina Gentile, Luiss and Alan Strudler, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
25 May
9:00 am Welcome Address
Giovanni Orsina Head of the Department of Political Science, Luiss
Introduction
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
Speakers
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 Université Catholique de Lille, France
Business and/or Democracy: A Genealogical Argument
Q&A
5:00 pm Book Launch - The Ethics of ESG
Introduction
Paolo Boccardelli Rector, Luiss, Italy
Chair
Sebastiano Maffettone Director of Ethos Observatory, Luiss, Italy
Comments
Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño President, IE University, Spain
Jeffrey Moriarty Executive Director of the Hoffman Center for Business Ethics, 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
26 May
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
Speakers
Sandrine Blanc INSEEC Grande École, France
Constituting 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