Conference: Business Ethics: Past, Present, and Future 2026

The organizer welcomed scholars in philosophy, law, management, computer science, and other relevant disciplines working on business ethics.

It suited academics in philosophy, law, management and computer science who work on business ethics, since the day was built around scholarly papers and a keynote from Alan Strudler of the Wharton School, and the topics ran from AI ethics to whistleblowing. Practitioners looking for tool-oriented training or a vendor floor would have gotten less from a one-day academic meeting, though the Oct 15 gala dinner with Kelly Richmond Pope of DePaul University was scheduled as a social occasion for the center's 50th anniversary.

Attendees at academic conferences usually wear business casual, such as slacks or a skirt with a shirt or blazer, in a university setting like Bentley's campus in Waltham. The Oct 15 gala dinner called for a step up, typically a suit or cocktail-style attire.