About

The Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research was established in 1997. The mission of the Center is to sponsor and disseminate leading edge research on critical topics in business ethics. It provides students, educators, business leaders, and policy makers with research to meet the ethical, governance, and compliance challenges that arise in complex business transactions. The Zicklin center supports research that examines those organizational incentives and disincentives that promote ethical business practices, along with the firm-level features, processes, and decision making associated with failures of governance, compliance, and integrity.

 

 

The Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
3730 Walnut Street
Room 668 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6340

Director: Thomas Donaldson
Associate Director: Lauretta Tomasco

Email: zicklincenter@wharton.upenn.edu
Tel: 215.898.1166
Fax: 215.573.2006

 

 



WORLD BANK

The World Bank Institute signed a memorandum of understanding with the Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at The Wharton School to collaborate in e-conference and case study development, the creation of web-based learning courses, the design of publications, and the offering of a Zicklin Fellowship -- a Zicklin sponsored position in the World Bank Institute.

 

Click the image below to download a brochure which includes an overview of the partnership and highlights jointly hosted events and programs.

 

The purpose of the collaboration is to:

  • share agendas in areas of common interest;
  • pool resources and expertise where appropriate;
  • maximize impact through working in partnership;
  • utilize our existing global networks to mutual advantage and benefit; and
  • share knowledge and ideas.

 

 

Partnership Activities Include:

  • IMF/WB Businesses Reaching the Poor: The Asian Experience in Expanding Market Opportunities
  • Conference on Research on Corruption and its Control: The State of the Art
  • Special Session on Corporate Governance and Business Ethics, featuring former SEC Chairman Roderick Hills
  • Global Classroom Events (Fall and Spring Semesters)
  • Joint teaching of Wharton Undergraduate Class titled "Corporate Responsibility and Ethics" by Professor William Laufer and Dr. Djordjija Petkoski, Lead Specialist at WBI
  • Training Series on Business Leadership in Fighting Corruption in East Asia