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About This Event

Are our buildings ethically sourced, as well as sustainably designed? This is the question at the core of Design for Freedom, the movement led by Grace Farms to eliminate forced and child labor from the building materials supply chain. As we confront the climate crisis, we must approach sustainable solutions that address the human suffering endured in the making of building materials, as well as the damage being done to the environment in the process.

This event explores ways in which companies and communities can work together to drive human rights-respecting market transformation and address the challenges and opportunities of ethical decarbonization in the construction sector.

Reception

Following the event, please join us for a catered reception in the Dodd Lounge.

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Our Speakers

Sharon Prince is the CEO and Founder of Grace Farms Foundation. Prince commissioned Pritzker Prize-winning SANAA architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa to design Grace Farms, which has become widely known as a global humanitarian and cultural center located in New Canaan, Connecticut.

The Foundation’s interdisciplinary humanitarian mission is to pursue peace through nature, arts, justice, community, faith, and Design for Freedom, a new movement to eliminate forced labor from the building materials supply chain.

Since opening, Grace Farms has garnered numerous prestigious awards for contributions to architecture, environmental sustainability, and social good, including the AIA National 2017 Architecture Honor Award and the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize.

For her work launching Design for Freedom, Prince was recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Creative People in Business 2022 for “cleaning up construction” and the AIA NY and Center for Architecture recognized her with the NYC Visionary Award.

Nora Rizzo is the first Ethical Materials Director of Grace Farms Foundation, focusing on the Design for Freedom movement. She serves as Ethical Material Advisor on Design for Freedom Pilot Projects and led the development of the Design for Freedom Toolkit.

She previously spent over a decade as Director of Sustainability for Fusco Corporation and has dedicated more than 15 years to creating change in the built environment through her sustainability and social equity work. She is on the Board of Directors for mindful MATERIALS and the CT Green Building Council.

Anna Dyson is the Hines Professor of Architecture, with an appointment in the School of Environment (YSE) at Yale University. She teaches design, technology, and theory at the School of Architecture. At Yale, Anna has also founded a new research entity titled CEA - Center for Ecosystems in Architecture. CEA is a joint initiative between the Yale Schools of Architecture, Forestry & Environmental Studies to unite researchers across multiple fields to develop transformative systems for the Built Environment. CEA supports Masters and PhD level students as well as professional researchers towards the invention and development of building systems that metabolize energy, water and materials while supporting biodiverse ecosystems. CEA has its central think tank within the heart of Yale University in New Haven. Dyson was previously the Founding Director of CASE, The Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE) in 2007 which hosts the Graduate Program in Architectural Sciences / Built Ecologies. 

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Sponsors

This event is supported by the Business & Human Rights Initiative, Economic & Social Rights Program, and Engineering for Human Rights Initiative at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, as well as the Grace Farms Foundation.

Drop-In to the Business Career Development Office for a Headshot.

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Experiential learning experience is extremely important to our students’ success. You will hear from our staff and current students talk about the competitions that many of our students have participated, the success stories and the support School of Business offers!

Marketing Department Seminar Series

Name: Justin Sieow

Institution: University of Connecticut

Topic: Dissertation Defense – TBD

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Lunch will be served. Please register below to join us in person.

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About This Talk

In recent years, we have witnessed a major shift in how corporate stakeholders—investors, shareholders, employees, consumers, communities—understand the content of responsible business conduct. The legal landscape is rapidly evolving with the adoption of new hard law in the EU and its Member States, which requires large businesses to conduct ongoing, risk-based, human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) throughout their supply chains, as well as trade sanctions regimes that push companies to carry out more and better due diligence in their supply chains to ensure that the goods they want to bring into and sell in the US and EU are not made with forced labor.

Contracts can play a critical role in supporting more robust HREDD processes, making the commitment to HREDD between buyers and suppliers across the supply chain legally binding, and facilitating the flow of information between the contracting parties and across the supply chain. That information can be used for multiple purposes, including to better equip portfolio companies to conduct comprehensive HREDD and prevent adverse human rights and environmental (HRE) impacts, address inquiries from regulators, report on non-financial performance, and to provide more effective HRE remediation, when/as needed.

With HRE performance becoming an increasingly important component of companies’ financial performance, investors are understandably interested in learning more about how to engage with portfolio companies to achieve better HRE outcomes. We will discuss the role of HREDD-aligned contracts in helping investors evaluate potential risks to a target company’s or existing portfolio company’s HRE performance when making investment and divestment or sale decisions.

Download the Investor Guide on Responsible Contracting

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About The Speakers

Chavi Keeney Nana is the director of the Equitable Global Supply Chain program at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. She is also a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School and a US Legal Advisor for the Responsible Contracting Project. She teaches anticorruption law and business and human rights, and supervises students in the Human Trafficking Clinic and Business and Human Rights Lab.

Sarah Dadush’s research lies at the intersection of business and human rights. Her scholarship explores various legal mechanisms for improving the social and environmental performance of multinational corporations. She is the founding Director of the Rutgers Law School’s Business & Human Rights Law Program and the Responsible Contracting Project (RCP), the mission of which is to improve human rights in global supply chains through innovative contracting practices.

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Sponsors

This event is supported by the Business & Human Rights Initiative and Economic & Social Rights Program at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute.

As you consider the Online MBA at UConn, it is extremely important that you make an informed choice, and attending a virtual infosession is a valuable way to gather the missing pieces. The Online MBA Virtual Infosessions are an ideal opportunity to receive a full program overview, learn about admissions requirements and have your questions answered.
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As you consider the FLEX MBA at UConn, it is extremely important that you make an informed choice, and attending a virtual infosession is a valuable way to gather the missing pieces. The FLEX MBA Virtual Infosessions are an ideal opportunity to learn first-hand about our highly regarded program and hear from admissions representatives.
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Make your impact in the world of business and increase you earning potential with a starting an average annual salary of $97,500. Meet with our dedicated career advisors from Graduate Career and Development office to learn more about the fantastic opportunities and services that we offer to our students.

As you consider the MS in Accounting program at UConn, it is extremely important that that you make an informed choice, and attending a virtual information session is a valuable way to gather the missing pieces. The MSA Virtual Infosessions are an ideal opportunity to learn first-hand about our highly regarded program from admissions representatives.
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Join us for a film screening of ‘This is Not Financial Advice’ followed by a discussion with the film’s director Chris Temple and Chrstine Kieffer, senior director of the Finacial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

This is Not Financial Advice exposes the startling risks and rewards of today’s market through expert commentary and the anxiety-inducing stories of real people trying to make millions.

Chris Temple is a film director and the founder of Optimist, a non-profit studio in Los Angeles. He’s best known for directing the feature documentaries Living On One Dollar, Salam Neighbor, and Five Years North. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Variety, and The Atlantic, and has helped raise over $91 million dollars for poverty alleviation and refugee support efforts. He’s been honored with the 2016 Muslim Public Affairs Council Annual Media Award; recognized alongside Bill Gates and Angelina Jolie as one of the top 100 visionary leaders of 2015 by YPO’s Real Leaders Magazine; and accepted by the U.S. State Department into the American Film Showcase. Chris is currently making an untitled feature film about Ethereum and its founder Vitalik Buterin. You can find his full filmography on IMDB. He loves the outdoors and is a founding individual member of 1% for the Planet.

Christine Keiffer is senior director of the FINRA Foundation with 20+ years of investor education experience. She develops tools and programs for law enforcement, advocates, and consumers to advance investor protection and fraud prevention initiatives. Ms. Kieffer also directs the FINRA Foundation’s research into the prevalence, mechanics, and consequences of financial fraud. She holds a Bachelor of science from Vanderbilt University with double majors in economics and mathematics.

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Abstract

The concept of human rights due diligence is a means to help companies identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address their adverse human rights impacts on society. Recent years have seen the enactment of laws mandating companies to undertake human rights due diligence and ongoing debate about how this concept can be most effectively applied in different business contexts. This workshop features two UConn Honors thesis research projects exploring different dimensions of this phenomenon.

Lunch will be provided. Please register below.

Presenters

Meaghan Murphy, Human Rights & Economics ’24, University of Connecticut

Sophie Lemire, Human Rights & Economics ’24, University of Connecticut

Discussants

Rachel Chambers, University of Connecticut

Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut

Markus Krajewski, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Janne Mende, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Sponsors

This event is co-sponsored by the Business & Human Rights Initiative (BHRI), a partnership founded by Dodd Human Rights Impact Programs, the UConn School of Business, and the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute.

This is an Honors Event. See tags below for categories. #UHLevent10818

Our current students will share with you how to find, apply, and successfully land an on-campus job. Any secret you need to know!

Marketing Department Seminar Series

Name: Jeremy Yang

Institution: Harvard

Topic: The Value of Brand Community: Evidence from A Field Experiment on WeChat

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Over one billion people worldwide live with a disability, and 88% percent of persons with invisible disabilities choose not to disclose them at work in order to avoid stigma and discrimination. Join us for an interview with Lawrence Deju-Wiseman, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, and a person with an invisible disability, for a thought-provoking discussion of invisible disabilities in finance and business. Lawrence will share his personal story about living with an invisible disability and show how persons with invisible disabilities can thrive in hiring, career progression, and leadership. Lawrence will also discuss the legal, commercial, and ethical imperatives for organizations to support persons with individual disabilities, and show how new technologies and practices are transforming how companies think about persons with disabilities in their workforce. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and is for anyone who is interested in how persons with disabilities can thrive in modern organizations.

The Marketing Department is committed to helping each student achieve academic excellence and realize their educational and career goals. The Marketing Department recognizes the outstanding achievement of our students who have demonstrated performance in learning, sales, and service. Awards and scholarships are made possible through the generosity of individual donors, faculty, organizations, and corporations. Invited recipients are recognized at our annual Awards Reception held in the spring each year.

As you think critically about your next steps in higher education, join the UConn School of Business to learn more about the three STEM-designated Specialized Master’s programs: MS in Business Analytics & Project Management (BAPM), MS in Financial Risk Management (FRM) and MS in Financial Technology (FinTech). This session will provide you with key information about the benefits of a STEM-designation and give you the opportunity to interact with program administrative and career staff.

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UConn School of Business is proud to be the Presenting Sponsor for the Cyber Defense Connect event at Mohegan Sun on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024. Alumni are invited to attend and can expect to engage in a cyber attack simulation and listen to panels and speakers on how to prepare and address a cyber attack.

To learn more about the event, and/or to register, please visit: https://cyberdefenseconnect.com/.

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Do you want to know about the daily life of a UConn Husky?
Do you want to know about the workshops, events, and fun activities that we host for our students?
Do you want to know what our students do outside the academic world?
Come join this session and hear all from our current students from Graduate Business Programs!

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This event will give you insight into our most-asked questions about the program, including but not limited to:

• What is the EMBA program like?
• As a busy professional with many obligations, how will I fit Executive MBA classes into my hectic schedule?
• Who are the professors, and what are they like?
• Who are the students?
• Where are classes held?

Learn the answers to these questions and more. UConn’s Executive MBA Preview Day includes a program debrief, admissions/application overview, networking, and lunch. We look forward to seeing you there!

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https://connect.grad.uconn.edu/register/emba-previewday-240420

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This meeting will address resources ranging from campus including library, International Student and Scholar Center, and Graduate Consulting group, to resources provided by city of Stamford and Hartford for our students to take full advantage of! Please bring your questions to this chat!

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Dean John Elliott cordially invites you to join us for the School of Business Hall of Fame Celebration. This special evening will celebrate and honor our distinguished 2024 alumni inductees, student fellows, and the many successes of the School. All are welcome to enjoy an inspiring and engaging evening with fellow UConn alumni, corporate partners, sponsors, current students, and faculty.

More information on the evening and those being inducted can be found here: https://alumni.business.uconn.edu/hof/inductees/ 

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