Purposeful Business in Policy, Practice and Business Education: September 2021 Purpose Summit and Report Launch

Over the last four years, the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation programme has brought together talented groups of academics, business leaders, investors, civil society leaders and policymakers to explore how business can solve problems for people and the planet.

Please register here to join us for the launch of our third and final report, Policy and Practice for Purposeful Business and a series of discussions on Adapting Business Education to Purpose. 

The event will have two parts, both held virtually via the British Academy website:

1. Launch of the final Future of the Corporation report, Policy and Practice for Purposeful Business: 

Wednesday, 22 September 2pm-3.30pm UK time

The conclusion of the Future of the Corporation programme sets out how to embed purpose in the heart of business through a set of proposals brought together for the first time.  The report highlights the extraordinary opportunity presented by the groundswell of innovation in how business can become more purposeful.  The proposals it brings forward identify the accountability and implementation mechanisms that will be required to bring about a shift to purposeful business.

Welcome: Julia Black PBA, President, The British Academy

Introduction: Colin Mayer FBA, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Said Business School, University of Oxford

Moderator: Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US Business Editor, Financial Times

Panellists:

• Mark Babington, Executive Director for Regulatory Standards, The Financial Reporting Council
• Lord Karan Bilimoria, President, The Confederation of British Industry
• Julia Hoggett, Chief Executive, The London Stock Exchange
• Catherine Howarth, Chief Executive, ShareAction
• Anne Simpson, Managing Investment Director, Board Governance & Sustainability, CalPERS
• Jon Geldart, Director General, Institute of Directors
  

2. Adapting Business Education to Purpose:

Thursday, 23 September: 11am-12pm UK time - How can the professions integrate purposeful business into qualifications and practice?

Moderator: Professor Teerooven Soobaroyen, President, The British Accounting and Finance Association

Panellists:

• Sophia Adams Bhatti, Head of Strategy and Policy, Simmons-Wavelength
• Richard Gillingwater, Chair, Janus Henderson
• Sharon Machado, Portfolio Head of Business Reporting, The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Tan Suee Chieh, Immediate Past President, The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Thursday, 23 September: 3-4pm UK time - How can universities integrate purposeful business into teaching and the student experience?

Moderator: Dr Molly Morgan Jones, Director of Policy, The British Academy

Panellists:

• Tim Chapman, Director of Infrastructure Design, ARUP
• Jonathan Grant, Professor Public Policy at the Policy Institute, King’s College London
• Bruno Roche, Founder & Executive Director, Economics of Mutuality
• Jo Swinson, Director, Partners for a New Economy
• Arshiya Sawhney, Economics Undergraduate Student, University College London

Friday, 24 September: 11am-12pm UK time - How can business schools integrate purposeful business into teaching and research?

Moderator: Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor, Financial Times

Panellists:

• Julia Balogun, Dean of the Management School, University of Liverpool
• Caryn Beck-Dudley, President and Chief Executive, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
• Anne Kiem, Chief Executive, The Chartered Association of Business Schools
• Dan LeClair, Chief Executive, The Global Business School Network
• Professor Mette Morsing, Head of Principles for Responsible Management Education, UN Global Compact

With the business leaders of tomorrow emerging from a spectrum of courses and backgrounds, it is crucial that the concepts of purposeful business are embedded in how business is taught in a range of settings. Over three sessions, we will explore the role of business courses, the role of the professions, and the role of universities more broadly. 

Register now to receive a copy of the Future of the Corporation report, updates on the line-up, reminders and details of the recordings after the event concludes. By registering you will receive updates for all parts of the event. 

Connection details: the event will be hosted on the British Academy website, no password, special software or code is required.  When you register you will receive an email with links to add the events to your diary, and you will receive reminders with the joining instructions a week before the event.  If you have any access requirements, please notify us on the registration form.

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