One of the finest B-schools in Chennai, the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), conducted the fourth edition of Business Ethics Conference, BEACON 2010 in association with the FICCI on January 30, 2010 at Hotel Green Park, Chennai. The theme of the conference was ‘Soaring through Sustainability’.

The US Consul General, Chennai, India, Mr. Andrew T Simkin inaugurated the event and the thematic address was given by Dr Vandana Shiva, Environmentalist & founder – Navdanya.

Some of the other prominent speakers in the conference were, Mr. K. Raghavendra Rao, MD, Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited, Mr. Joginder Singh Executive Director, Global Business Services, Ford India Private Limited, Mr. Amitabh Jaipuria MD, Monsanto India Limited, Mr. K.A. Vaideeswaran, DGM and Head – Health, Safety, Security and Environment, TATA BP Solar India Limited, Mr. Karan Berry GM, Courtyard by Marriott, Mr. P. Murari, IAS (Retd.), Advisor to FICCI President, Mr. Asit K. Barma, Head-Global Marketing and Strategy, Defiance Tech – A Hinduja Group Company.

There was an international panel discussion on ‘International Perspectives’ after the conference and Prof. Dr. Lodewijk Berlage, Development Economist, Belgium, Prof. Dr. Liu Baocheng, Director, Centre for International Business Ethics, Beijing, China and Dr. Birgit Kleymann IESEG School of Management, Lille, France were part of the discussion.