Examining the Morality of Capitalism
Capitalism Series Featuring Professional Trainer & Consultant Andy Gillette
"Principled Entrepreneurship in the Firm" will be the topic of a business presentation at Wheeling Jesuit University at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 5. The second event in the Institute for the Study of Capitalism and Morality (ISCM) 2011 Distinguished Speaker's Program, this presentation will focus on Market-Based Management, a management philosophy that has enabled one of the most successful companies in the world, Koch Industries, to flourish over the past 40 years.
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Business Professor William Kline Opens Distinguished Speaker's Program
"Business IS Ethics" will be the topic of a public presentation at Wheeling Jesuit University at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3. The first event in the Institute for the Study of Capitalism and Morality (ISCM) 2011 Distinguished Speaker's Program, the talk will be delivered by Dr. William Kline, from the University of Illinois at Springfield. The program will take place in the National Technology Transfer Center auditorium. More View Filmed Lecture
2011-2012 ISCM Student Research Essay Competition
The Institute sponsors a yearly student research competition on capitalism and morality that is open to students from all majors. The best papers will receive awards. More
BB&T Foundation Gift of $100,000 Continues to Support University's ISCM
WHEELING, WV, May 24, 2011 -- Wheeling Jesuit University received the sixth annual installment of a $700,000 gift as part of BB&T's ongoing commitment to the study of economics and the importance of capitalism. The gift supports the Institute for the Study of Capitalism and Morality (ISCM) and is being paid out over seven years. More
Retired BB&T Corporation CEO John Allison is Featured Speaker for April Lecture
WHEELING, WV, March 11, 2011 -- Retired chairman of the BB&T Corporation John Allison, will present a public lecture on leadership at Wheeling Jesuit University on Wednesday, April 6. More RE-BROADCAST AVAILABLE
The Institute was founded in the spring of 2006 as a result of a
generous gift from the BB&T Charitable Foundation and is dedicated to an examination of
all aspects of capitalism and the promotion of an in-depth examination of a free
society. The Wheeling Jesuit University Institute for the Study of Capitalism and
Morality will sponsor a series of programs ( including lectures, seminars and
undergraduate courses) to advance its mission of providing a deeper understanding
of the moral, legal and economic foundations of such free society The Institute
will support the growth and development of teaching and research and also establish a forum
for differing opinions to promote an enhanced appreciation of the concept, operation
and effects of a Capitalistic system by engaging students, the broader Wheeling Jesuit
community and the community at large in programs and activities designed to stimulate
discussion of these important topics. The Wheeling Jesuit Institute will promote activities
which foster an all-inclusive discussion on such topics as:
- The moral structure of a free society.
- The role of government in a capitalistic society.
- The relationship between government and the individual
- The relationship between intellectual and economic freedom.
- The various philosophies of Capitalism and economic development
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