Global Ethics and Justice Research Symposium
Keynote lecturer Academician Martha Nussbaum
Date: Friday August 29, 2014, 9:30-16:45.
Venue: Aalto University School of Business, Lecture hall A-201, Main building, Runeberginkatu 14-16. Helsinki
Free entry. For coffee service, please notify of your attendance by August 12 at: heikki.saxen at uta.fi
Inquiries: Professor Matti Häyry (matti.hayry at aalto.fi), researcher Heikki Saxén (heikki.saxen at uta.fi)
"Radical changes are occurring in what democratic societies teach the young, and these changes have not been well thought through. Thirsty for national profit, nations, and their systems of education, are heedlessly discarding skills that are needed to keep democracies alive. If this trend continues, nations all over the world will soon be producing generations of useful machines, rather than complete citizens who can think for themselves, criticize tradition, and understand the significance of another person's sufferings and achievements. The future of the world's democracies hangs in the balance." -Martha Nussbaum
Global Ethics and Justice Research Symposium is organized by the Department of Management Studies at Aalto University School of Business and the Academy of Finland. In her keynote lecture, Academician Martha Nussbaum will address the core theoretical and practical aspects of the topic. During the day, other experts will discuss the theme in light of disability, the relation between theory and practice, corporate responsibility, and design, among other viewpoints. The seminar will be held in English.
Martha C. Nussbaum (1947-) is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. She has also been an Academician in the Academy of Finland since the year 2000. Academician Nussbaum is one of the most eminent thinkers in political philosophy. She is especially known for her work on the "capability approach," an approach that focuses on the actual abilities of individuals to attain well-being and which Nussbaum has developed together with Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen. Academician Nussbaum has published many highly acclaimed books, including Sex and Social Justice 1998, Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame and the Law 2004, and Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities? 2010.
PROGRAM
09:30 - 10:00
Coffee
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome and opening words
Dean Ingmar Björkman, Aalto University School of Business
10:15 – 10:30
A word from the Academy of Finland
Professor Liisa Laakso, Research Council for Culture and Society
10:30 - 12:00
Global ethics and justice - A keynote lecture
Academician Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago and Academy of Finland
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 - 13:45
Disability as a test of justice in a globalising world
Professor Matti Häyry, Aalto University School of Business
Professor Simo Vehmas, University of Helsinki
13:45 - 14:30
Global ethics as theory and practice
Professor Sirkku Kristiina Hellsten, University of Dar-es-Salaam
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:45
Business firms as political actors in global economy
Dr Jukka Mäkinen, Aalto University School of Business
15:45 - 16:30
Can design be ethically and ecologically sustainable?
Claudia Garduno, DA Student, Aalto University School of Arts
16:30 - 16:45
Closing words
Professor Emerita Marja-Liisa Kakkuri-Knuuttila, Aalto University School of Business