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Alan Bla
ckman’s paper “Let Ethics Be Your Moral Comp
ass” is the 2026 winner of the Urwick Aw
ard and Cup awarded for an outstanding pie
ce of research or thought leadership\, published i
n the previous two years\, relevant to management
consultancy.
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The paper emphasis
es the importance of ethical behaviour and analyse
s a number of high-profile failures by professiona
l services firms to act ethically. Based on this a
nalysis\, it provides a framework that management
consultants can use to question themselves whether
they are acting ethically. <
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Ala
n Blackman has had a long association with Grif
fith Business School in South-East Queensland\, Au
stralia. He taught Business S
trategy as part of the School's MBA program from 1
993 to 2011\, was Acting Director from September 2
011 to April 2012\, and from 2012 to 2018 was Dire
ctor of the School's Work Integrated Learning prog
ramme. From 2021 until 2025\, he s
erved as an elected director of the International
Council of Management Consulting Institutes. He has had four books publ
ished and numerous scholarly papers.
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send you and your guests the Zoom link for the ev
ent closer to its date.
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A List of Pa
rticipants can be found here.<
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\n \n Dress code is " "Smart Casual"
DESCRIPTION:2026 Urwick Lecture: Let Ethics Be Your Moral Comp
ass\n \n \n \n Please join us online at 9am on Thu
rsday 2 July when Professor Alan Blackman will del
iver the 2026 Urwick Lecture.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alan Blackman’s paper “Le
t Ethics Be Your Moral Compass” is the 2026 winner
of the Urwick Award and Cup (https://www.wcomc.or
g/education/urwick) awarded for an outstanding pie
ce of research or thought leadership\, published i
n the previous two years\, relevant to management
consultancy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The paper emphas
ises the importance of ethical behaviour and analy
ses a number of high-profile failures by professio
nal services firms to act ethically. Based on this
analysis\, it provides a framework that managemen
t consultants can use to question themselves wheth
er they are acting ethically. \n \n \n \n \n \n Al
an Blackman has had a long association with Griffi
th Business School in South-East Queensland\, Aust
ralia. He taught Business Strategy as part of the
School's MBA program from 1993 to 2011\, was Actin
g Director from September 2011 to April 2012\, and
from 2012 to 2018 was Director of the School's Wo
rk Integrated Learning programme. From 2021 until
2025\, he served as an elected director of the In
ternational Council of Management Consulting Insti
tutes. He has had four books published and numerou
s scholarly papers.\n \n \n \n We will send you an
d your guests the Zoom link for the event closer t
o its date.\n \n \n \n A List of Participants can
be found here (/civicrm/event/participant?reset=1&
id=875).\n \n \n \n Dress code is " "Smart Casual"
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LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference\n Joining Details will be se
nt to Registered Participants\n
URL:https://www.wcomc.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=875
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