Center for Responsible Leadership and Governance

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Center for Responsible Leadership and Governance

• Jonathan P. Doh
• Villanova University Board of Trustees
• December 9, 2003

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Need

• Responsible leadership is critical to human
  development, commerce, and community
• Organizations and their leaders are facing
  criticism for unethical management practices and
  poorly functioning governance structures
• Corporations are being called on to fundamentally
  change their business practices and develop a new
  business ethos educational institutions have a
  responsibility to contribute to such efforts
• The Center for Responsible Leadership and
  Governance promotes values-based leadership,
  ethical decision-making, and quality stakeholder
  relationships through education, scholarship and
  research, training and development, and outreach

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Villanova and CF

• The Center builds on Villanovas Catholic,
  Augustinian heritage that emphasizes the moral
  and ethical dimensions of leadership
• Ethics and Social Responsibility is central to
  VU and CF strategic goals and initiatives

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Center Guiding Principles

• Values-based Leadership
• Leadership must be based on core values and
  credos that advance organizational and societal
  well being
• Ethical Decision-making
• Ethical decision-making is critical to
  corporations, governments, and other
  organizations
• Quality Stakeholder Relationships
• The quality of relationships with internal and
  external stakeholders is critical to
  organizational success

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Center Areas of Focus

• Provide a distinctive, holistic, values-based
  undergraduate education that prepares students to
  assume positions as productive, ethical, and
  socially responsible citizens and leaders (VU
  Strategic Plan, 2003)
• Education
• Scholarship
• Training and Development
• Outreach and Recognition

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Education

• Goal Integrate current and newly developed
  insights and best practices of responsible
  leadership into curriculum
• Incorporate responsible leadership in
  undergraduate, MBA, and EMBA education
• Establish honors social responsibility course
• Support student participation in Business Ethics
  Fortnight (Ethics Case Competition)
• Sponsor guest lectures and presentations on
  responsible leadership (Tyco exec., 12/9/03)
• Establish internships and other co-op type
  projects related to responsible leadership

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Education (contd)

• Goal Integrate current and newly developed
  insights and best practices of responsible
  leadership into curriculum
• Support Sophomore Service Learning Community and
  other service initiatives
• Explore minor or concentration in leadership,
  ethics, and social responsibility
• Support faculty development of responsible
  leadership course content/materials through
• Critical Incident Development Awards
• Faculty Teaching Workshop on Ethical Leadership

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Scholarship

• Goal Undertake theoretical, empirical, and
  practical research, scholarship, and writing on
  responsible leadership and governance
• Pursue integrated research across disciplines and
  involve students in research process
• Develop working paper series and seminars
• Invest in distinctive research projects related
  to responsible leadership and governance that
  raises research profile of CF and VU

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Training and Development

• Goal Build on scholarship and corporate
  relationships to develop/offer customized
  training programs and other services
• Offer a web-based Leadership Inventory and
  Relationship Management survey to assess
  leadership and relationship management
• Offer the Business Capabilities Inventory to VU
  alumni and other universities
• Evaluate Board and committee composition
• Assess stakeholder relationships

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Outreach and Recognition

• Goal Build relationship and reputation with
  regional/national organizations and sponsor
  programs responsive to their needs
• Build professional website and develop a presence
  in media and other outlets
• Hold major conference in Fall, 2004 on
  Responsible Leadership and Governance Meeting
  the Challenge for Change
• Build relationships with organizations and
  investigate issues of mutual interest

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Center Structure and Resources

• Director, Associates, and student support drawn
  from existing resource pool
• Close cooperation with CF ESR Committee and
  University Ethics Program
• Advisory Council (Herb Aspbury, Chair) to include
  senior VU and outside leaders
• Leveraging existing strengths and relationships
  of University and individuals
• Limited seed funding from Springer Chair

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Future Plans

• Continue to leverage Center to support CF and VU
  strategic goals
• Broaden pool of contributors/collaborators
• Seek Center and Chair endowments as part of VU
  Capital Campaign
• Use Center as focus for range of initiatives
  directed toward students, alumni, parents,
  employers, community, other stakeholders

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Questions/Discussion

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