In keeping with the 2013 AOM meeting theme of "Capitalism in Question", we invite you to attend an employee-focused PDW titled "focusing capitalism on the forgotten internal stakeholder" scheduled for Saturday, Aug 10 2013 3:30PM - 5:30PM at WDW Coronado Springs Resort in Laredo 1&2.
Details are posted below.
Regards,
Keith Leavitt
Keith Leavitt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University College of Business
338 Bexell Hall, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331-2603
PHONE: (541) 737-8631
CELL: (206) 245-5798
Keith.leavitt@oregonstate.edu
Title: Focusing capitalism on the forgotten internal stakeholder
Expert Panelists (4)
Freek Vermeulen, London Business School
"Should Business Schools Be Braver?"; Democratizing corporate governance.
Steven Blader, New York University
"Why do employees unionize?" Unionization and procedural justice.
Jeffrey York, University of Colorado
"B-corps as a new legal form of organizing" (based on his research and experience with Namaste Solar Corp)
David Hekman, University of Colorado
"ProfitShare Inc.: Introducing the concept of a for-profit labor union"
Abstract
This PDW is designed to start a conversation around the question of "How can we as teachers and researchers work to ensure that labor interests and employee well-being become key concerns within large organizations?" In other words, in an age where customers, strategic partners and external stakeholders are increasingly important, how do we ensure that employees aren't overlooked? With U.S. corporate profits at an all-time high and employee wages at an all-time low as a percentage of GDP, leaders of large multi-national corporations have unprecedented and often unchecked market power. And yet, as management scholars, we know how critically important investing in human capital is for firm performance. Our goal is to inform and learn from our participants regarding creative ways of motivating corporations to make greater investments in their employees on the bottom and in the middle of large corporations. The first half of the PDW will include a moderated discussion involving a panel of experts for one hour. The second half will include one hour of roundtable discussions and feedback on participants' ideas on this topic.