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Zachary J. Zeigler, a senior in the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, is the recipient of the 2013 Eugene P. Beard Student Award for Leadership in Ethics at Duquesne University.Read More

Dr. Mary C. Gentile, Director of Giving Voice to Values and Senior Research Scholar at Babson College spoke to faculty, staff, students and community partners of Duquesne University on February 13th. Her topic, 'Giving Voice to Values: The "How" of Business Ethics,' has to do with the individual voice.Read More

Bill O'Rourke, Board Chair of Sustainable Pittsburgh and Executive Director of the Beard Institute, will present the introductory and closing remarks at the 12th annual Sustainable Pittsburgh "Smart Growth Conference."Read More

The former head of Alcoa Russia teaches executives that in international business practice, ethics and competitive advantage go hand in hand. "Our success in Russia reinforced my belief that integrity and openness can be fostered no matter the company or the conditions."Read More

Sustainability thought-leaders William McDonough and Andrew Winston delivered keynote speeches on the pending challenges and opportunities facing 21st-century business at the sixth-annual Sustainability Symposium at Duquesne University.Read More

The next Beard Institute Ethics luncheon speaker will be former naval commander Michael Abrashoff. Author of the popular book "It's Your Ship," Abrashoff will talk about how he turned around the morale and readiness on the USS Benfold. The luncheon will be on October 12th from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Duquesne Club.Read More

Bill O'Rourke, Executive Director of the Beard Institute and former President of Alcoa-Russia, was quoted in an article for Investor's Business Daily entitled "Alcoa Co-Founder Charles Hall Smelt Success."Read More

The Beard Institute, a part of the Palumbo Donahue School of Business at Duquesne University, extends its gratitude to Jim Byrne for his leadership of the Institute over the past three years.Read More

Congratulations to Duquesne University's Net Impact Graduate Chapter for receiving Silver Status and 100% membership rate! This year, the leadership team worked hard to improve events, awareness, and exposure of the organization and its mission. To receive this status, the Duquesne team completed 11 events, attended the Net Impact conference in Portland, and obtained 100% membership.Read More

Dr. Robert Sroufe, Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness, Beard Institute Director of Applied Sustainability & Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Alison Steele and Danielle Jolliff, both MBA graduates of the John F. Donahue Duquesne University School of Business, concluded a research project on "Operationalizing Sustainability: Clarity and Compliance Project."Read More

The Beard Institute of the Palumbo/Donahue School of Business at Duquesne University hosted an Ethics Luncheon April 12th at the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh, PA. The Honorable Cynthia A. Baldwin, Vice President and General Counsel, The Pennsylvania State University and Retired Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court spoke about "The Responsibility of Ethical Leadership."Read More

The Beard Institute will host a panel presentation, Boardroom Dynamics: Priorities of an Effective Board, on Tuesday, April 17, at 7:30 a.m. in the Power Center Ballroom. Experts will share their multiple board experiences and explore best practices for effective board governance.Read More

Jim Byrne, executive director of The Beard Institute, served for 22 years on the Lennox International Board of Directors. His professional journey, which carried him through the then-new fields of computers and technology, started with his graduation from Duquesne’s School of Business in 1957.Read More

The Fall 2011 Service/Active Learning Report is now available on the Beard Institute Web site.Read More

Dr. Robert Sroufe, Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness, Beard Institute Director of Applied Sustainability Marketing and Supply Chain and Inna Nirenburg, MBA '01, publish Sustainability: Responsible Supply Management in this month’s issue of "Inside Supply Chain" magazine.Read More

"Ethics in the Workplace" appears in Dynamic Business Magazine, an affiliated publication of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. If an ethical issue is not even recognized, it will not be addressed. This article addresses the topic of making sure that we do not have ethical blindness in the workplace.Read More

On January 24, 2012, as part of the Distinguished Ethics speaker series, Dr. R. Bruce Bickel, Senior Vice President and managing director of PNC's Private Foundation Management Services, presented a program on Ethical Leadership.Read More

Dr. Ralph Pearson, Provost of Duquesne University announced that Dr. Amy Phelps has been named a Gaultier Fellow in response to her work in the area of Service Learning.Read More

The Beard Institute held its annual symposium, Sustainable Business: Responsibility and Results on November 10, 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA.Read More

Stakeholders and thought leaders from Pittsburgh’s emerging green economy gathered on Dec. 5 to help launch the University’s new Center for Green Industries and Sustainable Business Growth.Read More

Dean Miciak spoke about the Beard Symposium and sustainability during a recent interview on "Our Region's Business."Read More

The fifth annual Beard Symposium "Sustainable Business: Responsibility & Results" was featured in the November 11, 2011 edition of the Post-Gazette.Read More

Bill O’Rourke presented “Does Your Moral Compass Point to True North?” to a group of undergraduate and graduate business students and faculty on October 6 as part of the Beard Institute’s Distinguished Ethics Speaker series.Read More

Dr. Peter Senge, who has been named one of the top 20 most influential business thinkers by the Wall Street Journal and a top 10 management guru by Business Week, will keynote the fifth annual Beard Institute symposium, Sustainable Business: Responsibilities & Results, on Thursday, Nov. 10.Read More

For the third consecutive time, Duquesne's graduate school of business has been ranked among the world's top business schools for preparing MBA graduates for leadership in social, ethical and environmental stewardship.Read More

Dr. Rodney Hopson, professor in the School of Education, received the 2011 Eugene P. Beard Faculty Award for Leadership in Ethics for sharing his expertise and enthusiasm with Duquesne students as well as jail inmates, residents of Pittsburgh's Hazelwood community and the southern African country of Namibia.Read More

MJ Tocci, consultant for the Beard Institute's Women's Executive Leadership Program, was recognized for her professional excellence, mentorship and contributions to greater Pittsburgh.Read More

Preeti Srivastav, SMBA Fellow, published the white paper: "Opportunities and Challenges in the Green IT Services Sector."Read More

Lennox International Inc. and the Duquesne University John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business have partnered to establish a new award named in honor of the executive director of the Beard Institute, James J. Byrne.Read More

Jim Byrne, executive director of the Beard Institute, moderated the discussion "Why Seek a Curmudgeon on Your Board?," sponsored by the Three Rivers Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) on Wednesday, June 15.Read More

Michael Toffel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School, presented his research paper "The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?" at the Beard Institute's spring 2011 Sustainability Speaker Series.Read More

The Duquesne University 2011 Eugene P. Beard Award for Leadership in Ethics student winner is Brian Read, a senior accounting major from Harrison City, Pennsylvania.Read More

Robert Sroufe, Ph.D. was interviewed in an article about alternative energy in Pittsburgh. The article was published by Pop City Media.Read More

The Beard Institute's workshop "Economic Recovery 2011: Will We Know When We See It?" was featured in an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Read More

The Fall 2010 Service/Active Learning Report is now available on the Beard Institute Web site.Read More

The School of Business is cosponsoring this year's Darwin Day with the Bayer School. This year, John Gowdy, Ph.D., Rittenhouse Teaching Professor of Humanities and Social Science, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will speak.Read More

Professor Jay Liebowitz's research paper "The Role of HR in Achieving a Sustainability Culture" was published in the Vol.3, No.4 edition of the Journal of Sustainable Development.Read More

Duquesne University's Beard Institute conferred its annual national Green to Gold award on Starbucks at its fourth annual symposium on sustainability on Nov. 3.Read More

The fourth annual Beard Symposium, Sustainability: The Changing Ground Rules, will feature former governor and secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, president and CEO of the Ridge Global LLC consulting firm, and a former executive with Lehman Brothers.Read More

Dean Miciak was quoted in a Tribune Review article entitled: 'Sustainability' runs on ethics.Read More

September 28, 2010 - Ray Betler, vice president and group executive at Wabtec Corporation, and Paul Overby, president of Paul Overby Associates, spoke to a group of 200 undergraduate business students and faculty as a part of the Beard Institute's Distinguished Ethics Speaker Series.Read More

Four Duquesne faculty members were recognized for outstanding service, teaching, scholarship and a special contribution to ethics at Convocation.Read More

Three Pittsburgh-area manufacturers aiming to transform with the same goal: emerge from the recession stronger and better able to withstand future downturns.Read More

Duquesne University is among the first 100 endorsers of the Principles for Responsible Management Education.Read More

Robert Sroufe, Ph.D., Director of Applied Sustainability at the Beard Institute, participated in three conferences that focused on the role of sustainability in business.
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Elisabet Rodriguez Dennehy discusses the Emerging Women's Leadership Conference.
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Jim Byrne gives students the feel of a real-world business meeting during his class.Read More

Graduate students at Duquesne University have a unique opportunity to assess their employer's level of ethical compliance by using a special model.Read More

The Palumbo Donahue School of Business is expanding its ethics and leadership center to include the disciplines of business ethics, sustainability and responsible financial management to further reflect the evolving business landscape.Read More

Jim Bryne's opinion-piece published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Read More

The Beard Institute's inaugural Green to Gold award, which recognizes commercial success in sustainable business practices, was presented to Cisco Systems Inc. at the third annual Bead Symposium on Sustainability: The Bridge to the Future on Nov. 10, 2009.Read More