The Ukraine Crisis: What Corporate Responses tell us about the Future of Stakeholder Capitalism

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Date

Wed Apr 13, 2022
2:30pm – 3:00pm EDT

Location

Virtual

Overnight, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended world affairs and sent businesses hurrying to adapt everything from their operations in Russia to prices in a changed global commodities market.

What might be the longer-term implications of the choices businesses are making on the war? How might today’s actions inform tomorrow’s priorities and challenges?

Join Judy Samuelson, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, for an exploration of this topic with Yale School of Management Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, whose students organized the Yale SOM tracking corporations’ withdrawal from Russia. They’ll explore nuances of the current debate, lessons from history, and the connections between defending democratic values abroad and at home.

Overnight, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended world affairs and sent businesses hurrying to adapt everything from their operations in Russia to prices in a changed global commodities market.

What might be the longer-term implications of the choices businesses are making on the war? How might today’s actions inform tomorrow’s priorities and challenges?

Join Judy Samuelson, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, for an exploration of this topic with Yale School of Management Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, whose students organized the Yale SOM tracking corporations’ withdrawal from Russia. They’ll explore nuances of the current debate, lessons from history, and the connections between defending democratic values abroad and at home.

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