Controversial U.S. Naval Commander speaks at conference on conflict
Janel Shoun |
With public and government scrutiny of American companies increasing each year, the pressure to meet compliance requirements and produce a profitable business operation can weigh heavily on the shoulders of corporate executives these days.
When it comes to pressure, there are few men who have felt more than retired Navy Commander Scott Waddle, captain of the USS Greeneville, a U.S. nuclear submarine that collided with a Japanese fishing boat in 2001, killing nine people on board. Despite the global spotlight on the incident, Waddle took responsibility for his actions, testifying honestly to the chain of events without immunity in the Navy’s Court of Inquiry.
At 7 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25, Waddle will bring his story of ethical behavior in the heat of conflict to the Allen Arena on the Lipscomb University campus as part of Beyond Compliance: Transforming Ethical Dilemmas Through Courageous Leadership, the first conference of the 2007-08 season for Lipscomb’s Institute for Conflict Management.
Cost to hear Waddle at the 7 a.m. breakfast is $25. To register, contact David Scott at 615.966.7174 or e-mail david.scott@lipscomb.edu.
Co-sponsored by the National Association for State Boards of Accountancy’s Center for the Public Trust (NASBA), the Beyond Compliance conference will kick off with Waddle’s speech at 7 a.m. and continue through 4 p.m. in Lipscomb’s Ezell Center with seminars on various conflict management topics, such as:
- How to identify potential ethical pitfalls in auditing and compliance;
- Solutions to resolve conflicts resulting from compliance regulation;
- Appropriate ways to disclose ethical issues;
- Strategies to prevent ethical issues from arising within their firms or organizations;
- Best practices in ethics and compliance; and
- How to turn conflicting relationships into collaborative relationships during audits.