Cornell President Martha E. Pollack has declared Freedom of Expression to be this year’s university theme. This charge is meant to prompt exploration and practice, provide “opportunities for the development of skills essential for effective participation in democracy: from active listening and leading controversial discussions – as well as managing one’s responses to controversial interactions – to leading effective advocacy.”
Freedom of Expression and the Marketplace of Ideas
The SC Johnson College of Business supports this important theme with a yearlong program dedicated to The Marketplace of Ideas: The Value of Free Exchange. This represents the unreserved sharing of thoughts, perspectives, designs, suggestions, criticisms, vision, and discoveries. Intimidation, marginalization, purposeful misrepresentation, censorship, or fear of violence do not allow for a well-functioning marketplace. Any well-functioning marketplace requires mutual understanding, active debate, and free exchange of information.
The 2024 Durland Lecture
On March 25, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and SC Johnson College Dean Andrew Karolyi shared informed, and sometimes opposed, perspectives on finance and market regulation. Watch the full 2024 Durland Lecture on the eCornell Keynotes platform.
Upcoming Marketplace of Ideas Events
1-2 PM | Warren B42 | Lunch provided
What are business ethics? Why are business ethics important? How can leaders implement business ethics? How can we become more ethical leaders? What are the consequences of moral disengagement? These and other complex, gray-area questions and dilemmas will be discussed during this community conversation.
Professor Doris is the Peter L. Dyson Professor of Ethics in Organizations and Life at Dyson, and Professor in the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell. He works at the intersection of cognitive science, moral psychology, and philosophical ethics. His recent courses include NBA 5140/LAW 6392 Ethics and Corporate Culture; AEM 3205 Ethics in Business and Organizations; and AEM 2030 Sports as Society: The Science, Ethics, and Business of Sport.
The Faculty Fellows for Inclusive Excellence program is designed to help facilitate casual engagement between Dyson faculty and Dyson students. Faculty Fellows contribute to the intellectual and social life of the Dyson community by supporting opportunities for informal learning through scholarly, artistic, social, campus, athletic, cultural, and professional experiences.
Lead Plaintiff attorney David Tejtal speaks on a Failure of Corporate Governance and its Legal Remedy.
April 17, 2024, 105 Ives Hall, 5-6:30 PM
Register here for this event.
Sponsored by the Institute for Compensation Studies
When Elon Musk requested and was granted a pay package from, Tesla, so large that is promised to crash the equity balance between him and all other shareholders, A small shareholder decided to take him to court. David Tejtal argued the case that asked whether Tesla’s board was exercising its power for shareholders or disproportionately for Musk’s interests as Tesla’s self-appointed “TechnoKing.”
Tejtal and Brian Dunn (ILR), who served as an expert on executive compensation for the plaintiffs, will speak about the Musk-Tesla case. They are joined by Cornell Faculty experts Charles Whitehead (Law School) and Yaniv Grinstein (SC Johnson College of Business) to draw out implications for the delicate relationships among corporate governance, high performing executives, and the boards that oversee them.
Built around panels and speakers representing both unions and management, this year’s Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER) HR in Hospitality Conference will be held in Atlanta with some 300 participants. CIHLER is jointly operated by the Nolan School of the SC Johnson College and the ILR School, co-led by David Sherwyn (Nolan) and Rick Hurd (ILR).
The Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) will publish a multi-perspective report series on the short-term rental (STR) market. The first report takes the perspective of private equity and covers the opportunity to consolidate the STR market. The second report will take the perspective of small, independent hotels in competition with STRs and cover the local legislative risks and social impacts of consolidation in the STR market. A third possible report from the perspective of the major brands is under consideration. Covering this issue from all angles embraces the Freedom of Expression theme. Reports will be available to the public.
Past Marketplace of Ideas Events
October 2, 2023: Maxine Bédat, author of Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, spoke on her deeply researched and provocative book exposing fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planet. Unraveled is the 2023 Dyson School Summer Book Read for Dyson’s first-year and transfer students.
November 29, 2023: Jermaine Stone, Host of Wine and Hip Hop and Street Somm, and Founder of Cru Luv Selections, will speak about wine, hip hop, and the intersection of the two. Open to all; no alcohol will be served. 6:00 PM, Alice Statler Auditorium.
Dyson’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion presented the following talks this fall semester:
Tuesday, September 26, 1-2 PM: Mental Health with Professor David Lennox
Thursday, October 12, 1-2 PM: Sexual Assault Awareness and Support with Professor Sarah Wolfolds
Monday, November 6, 4:30-5:30 PM: LGBTQ+ with Professor Trent Preszler
Tuesday, November 28, 1-2:00 PM: Religion with Professor David Just and Joel Harter, Associate Dean for Spirituality and Meaning-Making
All talks were in Warren B42, with refreshments provided
Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures Photo Contest: Freedom of Expression – Contrasting Visions of Health, Hospitality, and Design in Our World. View winning photos here!
(Thursdays 4:30-5:30; Schedule and location TBD)
Presented by the office of the Dean of Faculty and Research, this series will feature faculty and visiting scholars giving lectures from their research or courses that provide insight into the value business gains from a well-functioning and rich market of ideas, and/or what it takes to progress toward that ideal.
En colaboración con SC Johnson College of Business | En apoyo del Freedom of Expression Theme Year | Alimentos y bebidas proporcionados
Con el apoyo de SC Johnson College of Business y su Engaged College Initiative, este evento parte de una serie se llevará a cabo dos veces, una en inglés y otra en español. Los eventos exhibirán un debate formal sobre temas actuales y controvertidos. Los talleres previos y posteriores al debate brindarán un mini entrenamiento sobre habilidades de debate formal.
Lunes, February 5, 5:30-6:45PM, Statler Amphitheatre
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Location: 570 Lexington Avenue, NYC
The Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality and Entrepreneurship (PIHE) and the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) jointly host this roundtable with panels on short term rentals in affordable housing, emerging technologies that promise to disrupt the industry, and emerging alternative housing models and brands. Faculty interested in attending may contact Nicole McQuiddy-Davis or Michelle Mahool.
1-2 PM | Warren B42 | Lunch provided
Professor Stewart-Harris teaches Management Communication and Grand Challenges writing courses at Dyson. His research interests include writing pedagogy, housing policy, and marketing.
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. https://www.blackhistorymonth.gov/
Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice. His hopes to raise awareness of African American’s contributions to civilization was realized when he and the organization he founded, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), conceived and announced Negro History Week in 1925. The event was first celebrated during a week in February 1926 that encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The response was overwhelming: Black history clubs sprang up; teachers demanded materials to instruct their pupils; and progressive whites, not simply white scholars and philanthropists, stepped forward to endorse the effort. By the time of Woodson’s death in 1950, Negro History Week had become a central part of African American life and substantial progress had been made in bringing more Americans to appreciate the celebration. At mid–century, mayors of cities nationwide issued proclamations noting Negro History Week. The Black Awakening of the 1960s dramatically expanded the consciousness of African Americans about the importance of black history, and the Civil Rights movement focused Americans of all colors on the subject of the contributions of African Americans to our history and culture. The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation’s bicentennial. President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That year, fifty years after the first celebration, the association held the first Black History Month. By this time, the entire nation had come to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. Since then each American president has issued Black History Month proclamations. And the association—now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—continues to promote the study of Black history all year. (Excerpt from an essay by Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University, for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
Professor Stewart-Harris teaches Management Communication and Grand Challenges writing courses at Dyson. His research interests include writing pedagogy, housing policy, and marketing.
he Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management hosts two events on March 6 engaging the creators of a new documentary examining corporate purpose in today’s world.
Networking event: From 2:30-3:30 PM, the film’s executive producer Brad Siegel and director Joanna Durr will meet with students interested in entrepreneurship and/or careers in the film industry, to discuss varied opportunities. Register here for the March 6 networking event, 2:30-3:30 PM, Ramin Parlor, 104 Sage Hall (NW corner of Feeney Way and Campus Road).
Screening and Filmmaker Panel: At 5:45 PM, the filmmakers will share a pre-release screening of the film, after which Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School dean Vishal Gaur will lead a discussion with the film’s director Joanna Durr and a panel of contributors, including audience participation. Register here for the March 6 screening, 5:30 PM doors; 5:45 screening. Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall (NE corner of Feeney Way and Campus Road).
Learn more about the film here: https://www.brandnewworldstudios.com/why-is-mona-lisa-smiling
Location: 401 Warren Hall, Cornell University
Register to attend the Faculty Panel here.
The Faculty Panel was formed at the inception of the SC Johnson College to bring together faculty from the Dyson, Johnson, and Nolan Schools, showcasing and discussing work on the major business and policy issues of the day. Seven years on, the SC Johnson College welcomes the university Freedom of Expression theme to frame a conversation on values and leadership.
Professor Ravi Kanbur and Professor John Doris co-moderated a panel featuring Dyson Dean Jinhua Zhao, Professor Beta Mannix, Associate Professor Simone Tang, and Baron Capital Director of Research Amy Low Chasen. Cornell President Martha Pollack will offer opening remarks. SC Johnson College Dean Andrew Karolyi will provide the closing. Open to the Cornell community, with reception to follow.
Part of Cornell University’s Freedom of Expression theme year, the SC Johnson College presented a substantive conversation between SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and SC Johnson College Dean Andrew Karolyi on issues relevant to the world of finance and market regulation, including some on which they don’t agree.