Managing in Turbulent Times: The Corporate Responsibility Imperative *‪.‬

The theme of this meeting is "Managing in Turbulent Times" and, indeed, these are rocky times for managers of corporations. Enron, Woldcom, Arthur Anderson and now Nortel--the scandals keep coming in rapid order. Real world events have given Hollywood lots of material to work with and with the end of the cold war business has become the movie industry's new villain of choice. In five currently playing movies--the new version of The Manchurian Candidate, I Robot, The Bourne Conspiracy, Spiderman Two and even Catwoman--the corporation is the bad guy. There probably are not too many idealistic kids out there daydreaming about being corporate managers when they grow up.