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What is Ethical Leadership?
Professor Bob Wood, Director of the MBS Centre for Ethical Leadership, explains how leaders can instil a sense of ethics in their organisations.
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 Despite the long history of widespread ethical education, the incidence of ethical failures remains as prevalent as ever. In modern business, the magnitude of the problems consequent on ethical failures has grown with the increasing size, opaqueness and potential impact of the modern corporation.
The question is why? Is it just greed or is it often a case of ordinary people who might prefer to be good, doing bad things? Bob Wood says that ethical training needs some rethinking in the context of leadership. Read more
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Looking ahead to the 2011 Annual Fund Appeal
Maintaining and enhancing a competitive edge
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 Vibrancy, quality, cutting edge research, and global business leadership, are what gives MBS its international competitive edge. To maintain, enhance and add to these strengths, MBS - like other international business schools - needs the support of its current students, donors, alumni, staff, friends and affiliates to sustain its student and research activities on an annual basis. Read more
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Personal Wealth Management (Sixth) Series
Wednesday 9 through to 30 March
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 Due to the success and interest in our personal wealth management series, MBS is pleased to once again offer alumni the opportunity to take part in a unique four-part breakfast series, where you will discover how to optimise your own wealth management strategy in an intimate learning environment.
More information and registration
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2011 Vincent Fairfax Speaker Series with Mr Danny Gilbert AM
Monday 21 March
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 Professor Bob Wood, Director, MBS Centre for Ethical Leadership, is pleased to invite you to the third event in the Vincent Fairfax Speaker Series, with keynote speaker Mr Danny Gilbert AM, co-founder and Managing Partner, Gilbert + Tobin. Mr Gilbert will speak on 'Leading an ethical life.'
The development of this program has been made possible through a generous grant from the Vincent Fairfax Ethics in Leadership Foundation.
The Vincent Fairfax Fellowship™ at MBS fosters the highest levels of ethical leadership, developing the skills Fellows need to shape their futures and address the critical issues within their organisations and across the community.
Danny Gilbert AM is co-founder and Managing Partner of Gilbert + Tobin, a highly successful corporate law firm established in 1988. In addition to the law, Danny is also involved with a wide range of not-for-profit organisations and has a long standing involvement in social justice issues, particularly for Australia’s indigenous people. Danny currently holds a number of directorships including Chairman of the National Museum of Australia, Chairman of the Cape York Institute and Non-Executive Director of the National Australia Bank Limited. In this oration Danny will draw on his vast experience to consider what constitutes an ethical life.
Next speaker in the Vincent Fairfax Speaker Series:
22 June 2011- Michael Chaney AO - Corporate Ethics: Are They Just in the Eye of the Beholder?
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT.
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Geoffrey (Boyce) Pizzey (MBA 1977) and Joanna Pizzey (MBA 2010) are a father and daughter who have both completed the MBA at Melbourne Business School. We asked them to spend some time looking back on their time at MBS, why they decided to take the MBA, the highlights, inspirational faculty, and keeping in touch with fellow classmates. 
Mid February saw more than 100 delegates gather to attend the 2011 Australian Net Impact Conference, which was again hosted by Melbourne Business School.
Entrepreneurs are the heroes of today’s marketplace. Growing a company from initial concept to industry leader requires a special breed of individual. Individuals who recognise opportunities that others fail to see. They are catalysts for change, they start companies and create jobs. Do you know an outstanding entrepreneur? 
The steady rise of quantitative analysis in modern business practice is documented in a number of books. But there have been few books that outline exactly what type of analysis is providing dividends in practice. Bayesian Statistics and Marketing is one book that fills such a gap. 
Australia is a country renowned for its unpredictable climate. These erratic weather patterns have directly contributed to Australia being recognised as having the most variable rainfall of any country in the world. At its worst Australia’s extreme climate has the capacity to manifest as severe weather events. 
MBS Associate Professor of Marketing, Mark Ritson will join retail and marketing experts as they share their insider knowledge on what global retailers are doing to access new markets and develop a sustainable competitive edge in today's volatile commercial landscape. 
Network with your fellow alumni in the first Melbourne 4Seasons for 2011. The Autumn event will be at Red Hummingbird, 246 Russell Street, Melbourne 3000. 
The AFL Season gets underway at the end of March! Get in and register for the 2011 MBS Alumni tipping comp. Entry is free, and you will be competing with fellow alumni for the chance to win two tickets to this year's Annual Alumni Dinner.