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Fall 2006 Events
Monday, September 11, 2006 Odyssey Kick-Off Panel Discussion “Ethics Every Day: Perspectives from the Campus Community” 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. University Student Union – Beach Auditorium Panel members include: F. King Alexander (President, CSULB), Rychard Cooper (Sound Technician, Music; Odyssey Professor, Spring Semester), Joanne Gordon (Chair/Professor, Theatre Arts), Kathleen Lacey (Professor, Legal Studies in Business), Brian Lane (Assistant Professor, Film & Electronic Arts), Michael Mahoney (Dean, College of Engineering; Odyssey Professor, Spring Semester), Craig Smith (Chair, Film & Electronic Arts; Professor, Film & Electronic Arts and Communication Studies), Julie Van Camp (Professor, Philosophy), and Mick Ukleja (CSULB donor/Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership)
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Walter Pavlo, (Founder and President, Etika LLC) "Master Analysis of a White Collar Crime" 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Design (DESN), Room 112
Walter “Walt” Pavlo holds an engineering degree from West Virginia University and an MBA from the Stetson School of Business at Mercer University. He has worked for Goodyear Tire in its Aerospace division as a Financial Analyst, GEC Ltd. of England as a Contract Manager and as a Senior Manager in MCI Telecommunication’s Division where he was responsible for billing and collections in its reseller division. As a senior manager at MCI, and with a meritorious employment history, Walt Pavlo was responsible for the billing and collection of nearly $1 billion in monthly revenue for MCI’s carrier finance division. Beginning in March of 1996, Mr. Pavlo, one member of his staff and a business associate outside of MCI began to perpetrate a fraud involving a few of MCI’s own customers. When the scheme was completed, there had been seven customers of MCI defrauded over a six-month period resulting in $6 million in payments to the Cayman Islands. In January 2001, in cooperation with the Federal Government, Walt Pavlo pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering and entered federal prison shortly thereafter. His story highlights the corrupt dealings involving the manipulation of financial records within a large corporation. His case appeared as a feature story in the June 10, 2002 issue of Forbes Magazine, just weeks before WorldCom divulged that it had over $7 billion in accounting irregularities. Walt Pavlo has been invited to speak on his experiences by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Attorney’s Office, major university MBA programs, corporations and various professional societies. He founded Etika, LLC for the purpose of sharing his cautionary tale and to speak of his hope for ethical behavior in business. Monday, October 9, 2006 "Hate Speech on the American Campus in a Post 9/11 Society" 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. University Student Union Ballrooms Craig Smith, Professor of Communications Studies and Director of the Center for First Amendment Studies, and Gary C. Williams, Professor of Law at Loyola Law School and ACLU Southern California Board President, will provide their insights regarding the permissibility of 'hate speech' as defined by federal case law. As this nation's freedoms gradually diminish to ensure that our public spaces and thoroughfares remain safe, residents will question the extent to which harsh criticisms can be expressed in the public sphere. Students may wonder whether flag burning or name calling (no matter how despicable), on the basis of national origin, religion, race, gender or sexual orientation, is protected under the First Amendment. (Co-sponsored by the Center for First Amendment Studies, the Office of the Dean of Students, and the Office of Equity and Diversity) Monday, October 16, 2006 Kenneth Kelly (Director, Student Transition & Retention Services, CSULB) Steve Katz (Director, Judicial Affairs, CSULB) “Academic Honesty: Cheating and Plagiarism” 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Engineering/Computer Sciences Building, Room 105 (ECS-105) Sunday, October 22-Sunday, October 29, 2006 Seven Days of Service (Sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement) Sample of events: Monday October 23 Seven Days of Service Kick-off Reception Tuesday October 24 Art and Social Action in Cambodia : A Transformative International Service Learning Model through the Arts 3:30pm-5:00pm, Karl Anatol Center Friday October 27 Hunger & Homelessness: the Changing Face of Long Beach, A World Cafe Discussion 8:30am-12:00pm , CSULB Chartroom-Pacific Room Saturday October 28 Make a Difference Day Service Project Rebuilding Together Long Beach Go Beach Clean-up Meet with comfortable shoes & sunscreen For a complete calendar of the week's events, click here.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 Betsy Sanders (Principal, The Sanders Partnership) “Fabled Service: Ordinary Acts, Extraordinary Outcomes” 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Engineering/Computer Sciences Building, Room 105 (ECS-105)
Ms. Sanders began her experience leading winning-edge organizations when she joined Nordstrom as a sales apprentice. She moved quickly through the ranks, becoming Nordstrom’s first female store manager. Ms. Sanders and her team made retail history building the new southern California business to $1 billion in annual sales over a twelve-year period, quickly becoming Nordstrom’s largest and most profitable region. While developing Nordstrom into a business partnership with their customers, this team, under Betsy’s leadership is credited with having set the industry and international standards for service. Her book, Fabled Service, has been a sustained top-seller since its first printing in 1995. Now available around the world in several languages, it has become the handbook of choice for numerous established businesses and budding entrepreneurs alike. Monday, October 30, 2006 Tom Jewett (Lecturer, Computer Engineering/Computer Science, CSULB) “Computer Ethics” 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Engineering/Computer Sciences Building, Room 105 (ECS-105)
Monday, November 20, 2006 Jeffery Smith (Director, Banta Center for Business, Ethics, and Society, University of Redlands)
“Do Corporations Have Ethical Obligations?” 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Engineering/Computer Sciences Building, Room 105 (ECS-105) Jeffery Smith is the founding Director of the Banta Center for Business, Ethics and Society and is currently assistant professor of ethics at the University of Redlands School of Business. In addition to teaching business ethics, he regularly offers courses in political economy and moral philosophy. Professor Smith is an active member of the Society for Business Ethics, the European Business Ethics Network and the American Philosophical Association. Professor Smith's writings have appeared in Business Ethics Quarterly, the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics: A European Review and in other journals. In addition presentations at academic institutions such as the University of Colorado and DePaul University, he has led seminars at organizations such as Boeing and MCI. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2000. Monday, November 27, 2006 Pamela Garretson (Executive Ethics Director, Boeing) “Multinational Corporations and Their Ethical Obligations” 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Engineering/Computer Sciences Building, Room 105 (ECS-105)
“Cannibals” by George Tabori September 15 - October 7, 2006; Times vary. California Repertory (CAL REP) Edison Theatre in Downtown Long Beach
For tickets and more information, please call the Cal Rep ticket office at (562) 985-5526 or visit their web site at www.calrep.org. "Sir! No Sir!" film screening Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. University Student Union, Beach Auditorium In the 1960’s an anti-war movement emerged that altered the course of history. This movement didn’t take place on college campuses, but in barracks and on aircraft carriers. It flourished in The Vietnam War has been the subject of hundreds of films, both fiction and non-fiction, but this story–the story of the rebellion of thousands of American soldiers against the war–ha |
army stockades, navy brigs and in the dingy towns that surround military bases. It penetrated elite military colleges like West Point. And it spread throughout the battlefields of Vietnam. It was a movement no one expected, least of all those in it. Hundreds went to prison and thousands into exile. And by 1971 it had, in the words of one colonel, infested the entire armed services. Yet today few people know about the GI movement against the war in Vietnam.