Business Matters 2021 | Acton Institute | 25 February 2021 | Virtual

We are in the midst of volatile times. Between the COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest, and political turmoil, we have seldom seen a more uncertain time for our businesses and for the world. Business leaders are being tested by switching to remote work, closing and reopening offices, adjusting to the changing needs of clients, laying off employees, and preparing for policy changes under a new presidential administration.

In such a time, what principles should we turn to? And rather than sacrificing ethical standards, how can leaders fulfill their responsibilities while holding fast to their ethical principles?

2021 Speakers

Yvonne English
Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship

John Mackey
Co-Founder and CEO, Whole Foods Market

Brian Hooks
Chairman and CEO, Stand Together

Amelia Miazad
Founding Director, Business in Society Institute at Berkeley Law

Doug DeVos
Co-Chair, Amway Board of Directors

Ezequiel Vazquez-Ger
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Seven Restaurant Group

Will Anderson
Senior Director, Policy, Business Roundtable

Robert A. Sirico
President, Acton Institute

Andrew V. Abela
Dean and Associate Professor of Marketing, Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America

Samuel J. Gregg D. Phil. (Oxon.)
Research Director, Acton Institute

James R. Otteson
John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics and Rex and Alice E. Martin Faculty Director, John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics and Rex and Alice E. Martin Faculty Director

Anne Rathbone Bradley
George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and Academic Director, The Fund for American Studies

John Mackey
Co-Founder and CEO, Whole Foods Market