The Business Ethics Center organized the 16th Annual Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) on August 29–31, 2003 in Budapest, Hungary. The title of the conference was “Building Ethical Institutions for Business”, which allowed the participants to reflect on and debate the role of institutions in the transformation of business into a more human and ethical form.
More than 120 scholars and practitioners participated in the conference representing 25 countries. Keynote speakers included Janos Kornai (Harvard University and Collegium Budapest): “Honesty and Trust in the Light of Post-socialist Transition” and George Brenkert (Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.): “Corporate Integrity and Accountability: A Transatlantic Perspective”.