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Former Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott on Hard Work, Integrity and Doing Things Differently

October 27th, 2009 · Filed under: Events · Top Stories

Posted by Amber Walkowiak

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Lee Scott, chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors and former CEO of Wal-Mart, spoke with Dean Thomas Gilligan on campus Oct. 12 as part of the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series.
Dean Gilligan began by asking Scott about his very first job, which Scott said [...]

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Going Green is Good for Business, Speaker Says

September 8th, 2008 · Filed under: Events · MPA

Posted by Behnaz Abolmaali

The first step toward bettering the planet is to debunk the conventional wisdom that what’s good for the environment is not good for business, said Andrew Hutson of the Environmental Defense Fund.
“The market is the most powerful force for environmental change there has ever been,” said Hutson, a project manager in corporate partnerships for the [...]

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