Breakout Session B4

Corporate values: are traditional virtues in conflict with market incentives?

How did bypassing the rules of the game lead to a moral crisis within the financial crisis?
What is the relation between values, ethics and concrete trust?
Substitute “greed”, “envy” & co for “goodness” and “virtue”: Will this fix the problem?
What kind of values will convince your business partners to place trust in your business?
How can individual players make investments for better common rules?
What is the significance of self-restraint in the best interest of business actors?

Speakers:

German Egloff, Head of Finance (CFO), Baloise Holding

German Egloff has been a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (Head of corporate finance) at Baloise Holding since 2004. Prior to joining Baloise Holding he held a variety of management positions at Winterthur Insurance, where he became a member of the Executive Board and CFO. From 2002 until 2004 he was Chief Financial Officer at Zurich Financial Services. He studied economics at the University of St. Gallen.

Nick Lin-Hi, designated Professor for Corporate Social Responsibility, University of Mannheim

Nick Lin-Hi will assume professorship (W1) for Corporate Social Responsibility at the faculty for Business Administration at the University of Mannheim in fall 2009. He is working on the questions of the responsibility of business and of market economy’s moral quality. His dissertation “Eine Theorie der Unternehmens-verantwortung” was published in 2009 in the Erich Schmidt Verlag.

Heinrich Wiemer, CEO, Capital Market Strategies

Heinrich Wiemer is an Independent Strategy Consultant at the company Capital Market Strategies. Until 2006, he worked for total 8 years as a Banks & Insurance Analyst at Bank Sal. Oppenheim. Prior to joining Bank Sal. Oppenheim he worked for Credit Suisse First Boston in Switzerland and for UBS. He graduated at London School of Economics with a Master of Economics.

Facilitator:

Sandra Hedinger, Head Public Affairs, Swiss Life
In 2004 Sandra Hedinger joined Swiss Life. As Head of Public Affairs she is responsible for the company’s political relations (associations, political parties, members of parliament etc.). From 1999 to 2004 she worked for Arthur Andersen (later Bearing Point) in the Business Consulting Division as an engagement manager. Sandra Hedinger earned her doctorate in Political Science from the University of St. Gallen in 1999.

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