On October 8, 2015, two impactful leaders of the Bose Corporation, one past and one present, offered a first-hand look at the history and values that helped the organization become an icon among American businesses at the Raytheon Lecture in Business Ethics. For more than 20 years, Bentley’s Center for Business Ethics (CBE) has been able to bring top industry leaders and experts to the community thanks to the generous support of the Raytheon Company. The October 8th lecture was titled “Guided by Our Principles” and once it concluded, students had the opportunity to meet and ask the speakers questions at a reception.
“Raytheon believes in a values-based ethics program, and we believe in the value of ethics education," Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy told the CBE. "We invest in ethics and provide employees with robust, award-winning ethics education to reinforce how important doing the right thing in business is to our success. The Raytheon Lectureship in Business Ethics at Bentley has added relevance in this environment. Having respected corporate leaders share their insights and commitment to business ethics helps show the way for all of us."
Bob Maresca, current CEO of Bose, was joined at the Bentley podium by Sherwin Greenblatt, long-time former Bose president (1980-2000), and both shared insights from their extensive experience into what worked, what failed, and the ethical principles that sustained the company through it all.
About the Speakers
- Bob Maresca joined Bose as a senior research engineer for the corporation’s research initiative. In 1997, Bob was named GM of the Noise Reduction Technology Group and in 2002, he was promoted to vice president of Bose’s largest business, the Home Entertainment Division. Bob became president of Bose in 2005. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford.
- Sherwin Greenblatt was the first employee of Bose Corporation, Dr. Amar G. Bose, his professor at MIT. At Bose, Greenbelt has held the positions of project engineer, chief engineer, director of engineering, executive vice president, and for 15 years, president. After retiring from Bose, Sherwin served as the executive vice president and treasurer of MIT. He now volunteers his time as director of the MIT Venture Mentoring Service and is on boards at the Olin College of Engineering and Bose Corporation.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of $23 billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 93 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as cybersecurity and a broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit www.raytheon.com and follow on Twitter @Raytheon.
About the Center for Business Ethics
Founded in 1976 by W. Michael Hoffman, PHD, CBE is credited with being a major influence in the development and success of the business ethics movement, both in the United States and around the world. The CBE is one of four innovative campus-based centers that comprise the Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility.