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Are college graduates ready to face ethical dilemmas on the job? Business ethics pioneer Kirk O. Hanson will share his research regarding the top ethics issues that professionals experience during the course of their career as he presents: “The Six Ethical Dilemmas Every Professional Faces” at the Verizon Lectureship in Business Ethics at Bentley University on Monday, February 3, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. in LaCava Campus Center room 395.

Hanson is executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the John Courtney Murray S.J. University Professor at Santa Clara University in California. As a visiting professor at Bentley, he will be based at the Center for Business Ethics and will facilitate a faculty and staff workshop on February 6, in addition to visiting classes.

Kirk Hanson has earned a strong reputation as a leader in the field of applied ethics and has written extensively on managing the ethical and public behavior of corporations, including as co-editor of a four-volume series, The Accountable Corporation. His current research interests include the design of corporate ethics programs and the responsibilities of boards for the ethical culture of the organization.

The Center for Business Ethics’ Verizon Visiting Professorship in Business Ethics at Bentley University is sponsored through the generous support of Verizon Communications. The center is a partner in the Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility, and this event is co-sponsored by Bentley’s Academic Integrity Society (AIS). For further information, contact the Center for Business Ethics at 781.891.2981.