‘If you’re a businessperson in Connecticut, there are connections now that you can use to create a more peaceful world’ Founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seen on a giant screen by video link at the Congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 23, 2022. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) The Russian invasion of Ukraine has captured the attention of Americans in ways that few other conflicts have, and created challenges that today’s business students will likely grapple with for the rest of their careers. That’s the perspective of two leading business-ethics scholars who will be the guest panelists during a Feb. 20 program called “Business, Peace and the War in Ukraine: One Year Later.’’ It is part of the School of Business’ Equity Now speaker series that addresses prominent justice and human rights issues in business. Professor Tim Fort of Indiana University and professor John Katsos of American University in Sharjah, will discuss the influence of multinational corporations on war and peace, with emphasis on how businesses addressed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They both believe that large corporations […]