Events

Guido Palazzo joins us again to continue our discussion of the hidden dynamics of corporate scandals.

Too often, the stories of corporate scandals are narrated like Hollywood movies in which once-celebrated CEOs are unmasked as sociopaths and ultimately convicted for their crimes. What we fail to realize, however, is that most bad things are done by average…

Please join the OEC as we welcome Reid Blackman as one of our distinguished speakers. Reid will cover how current attempts to govern AI crumble when it comes to AI agents and offer a novel solution in its place.

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This session will be an interactive discussion with Don Norman on Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Human-Centered. The conversation will begin with a single opening question from the moderator. From that point forward, the discussion will be guided entirely by live questions from students and audience members.

Participants are…

How do ethical principles shape business decisions in the built environment?

Engineering is often portrayed as a neutral, technical enterprise governed by equations, standards, and optimization. Yet the most consequential engineering decisions—those affecting public safety, equity, environmental sustainability, and human well-being—are made under…

We are entering the most turbulent period in living memory, and companies are struggling to adjust to a landscape where relying on abstract commitments to 'integrity' are no longer credible. How can companies set direction, consider, and articulate their values in this dangerous new world? This talk, based on Alison Taylor's book, Higher Ground, will explore why…

How an engineering crisis threatened a building, a career, and the lives of countless New Yorkers

In 1977, the Citicorp Tower—a fifty-nine-story skyscraper with a dramatic slanted roof and columns set off-center like stilts—instantly became one of the most recognizable…