Aspen Institute Web Conference Features Dean of the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business and Global VP from FedEx

Aspen Institute Web Conference Features Dean of the University of South
Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business and Global VP from FedEx
Business School Module Focuses on Critical 'Access' to Markets, Resources and
Ideas

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aspen Institute Center for Business
Education will feature Hildy Teegen, Dean of the University of South
Carolina's Moore School of Business, along with Bill Margaritis, Corporate VP
of Global Communications and Investor Relations for FedEx, in a Web Conference
presentation, "Access: Making the Connection," on November 12 at 3:30 pm.

The Web Conference will focus on how "Access" to new markets and materials,
new sources of labor and information, new communities and new ideas is the key
to prosperity for people, businesses and nations. The program is part of a
program of work, undertaken by Aspen in partnership with Fed Ex, which also
includes a white paper and a business school teaching module.

Specifically, Dean Teegen will talk about access in the context of how the
Moore School of Business is preparing future business leaders who understand
how to create value through sustainable enterprise and development in a
changing global business environment.

"The Moore School's approach, which builds on our leadership in international
business education, fosters understanding of the sustainable enterprise across
three dimensions: the natural environment, good governance and ethics and the
interaction between government, business and society," she says. "We believe
this framework for business education will develop global business leaders who
are able to manage the critical 'access' challenges that firms will
increasingly face in the future."

FedEx's Margaritis will talk about how the company's "Access" initiative has
helped it expand into new markets, solve customer problems as well as what the
company looks for in an MBA graduate that enables success in an open-access
world.

"Access is the central economic issue for international businesses in the
future," Margaritis said. "There is a direct correlation between access and
the ability to generate high-paying jobs and more opportunities for economic
growth around the world."

The Moore School is increasingly focusing on these issues in its curriculum
and programs, such as its new cross-disciplinary Master of International
Business, which is offered jointly between the Moore School and the University
of South Carolina's Law School and Political Science Department.

"These are exactly the kind of business school graduates we need - those who
possess the qualities required to succeed in an open access world, such as
innovation, flexibility and multi-culturalism," Margaritis adds.

As part of the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education's mission to
develop leaders for a sustainable global society, the program provides "Case
Place" teaching modules for business school faculty through its CasePlace.org
website that include a set of cases, articles, background reading and other
materials related to a given theme for classroom use. This module discusses
the cross-disciplinary concept of access by approaching this issue with the
goal of helping familiarize future business leaders with the benefits and
risks of access, as well as way to help better manage challenges and
opportunity at this intersection of business and society, while utilizing
access as a positive strategic tool.

The Moore School has also partnered with the Aspen Institute to launch the Dr.
Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business
Curricula. The prize identifies and rewards those in the larger management
education community who have created innovative teaching materials and
designed curricula related to sustainability in business. Page Prize
submissions will be posted at http://www.CasePlace.org.

About the Moore School
The Moore School of Business is among the highest-ranked business schools in
the world for international business education and research. Founded in 1919,
the school has a history of innovative educational leadership, blending
academic preparation with real-world experience through internships,
consulting projects, study-abroad programs, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
The Moore School offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well
as distinctive executive education programs. In 1998, the school was named for
South Carolina native and New York financier Darla Moore, making the
University of South Carolina the first major university to name its business
school after a woman. For more information, visit http://www.moore.sc.edu.

About the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE) equips business
leaders for the 21st century with the vision and knowledge to integrate
corporate profitability and social value. Aspen CBE helps business educators
incorporate issues of social and environmental stewardship into teaching and
research by offering targeted resources, networks and a platform to share
cutting-edge practice among peers. For more information, visit
http://www.AspenCBE.org.

SOURCE Aspen Institute Center for Business Education

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