With a growing lack of corporate responsibility demonstrated by companies engaging in questionable and corrupt dealings, the demand for more ethical business processes and actions is increasing. American Program Bureau (APB) offers professional speakers with extensive experience in the fields of business and ethics who passionately convey the importance of integrity and loyalty in the workplace. These keynote speakers understand how to mix ethical standards with solid business practice, addressing issues such as Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility, and Ethics and Values.
Whatever the specific needs of your organization, APB can provide the ideal ethics speaker to lead a successful, motivational workshop or seminar.
Harry Markopolos
Harry Markopolos was catapulted into the spotlight as the man who blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff and his $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Passionate about fixing the system and preventing future abuses, Markopolos speaks about the Madoff scheme and how you can recognize and prevent fraud in your organization.
Paul Rusesabagina
Considered the "Rwandan Schindler," Rusesabagina saved over 1,200 lives during the Rwandan Genocide. His story is chronicled in both his book, An Ordinary Man, and the Oscar-nominated film, Hotel Rwanda, a riveting account of a man finding strength within himself to save others in the midst of his country's darkest ...
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner, a psychologist and professor at Harvard, is a pioneering intellectual thinker whose expertise reflects decades of study in leadership, intelligences, and ethics. His recent book, Five Minds for the Future, examines the mental abilities necessary for success in the ever-changing 21st century.
Eli Newberger
Dr. Newberger, a leading figure in the movement to improve the protection and care of children, is renowned for his ability to bring together good sense and science on the main issues of family life. A pediatrician and author of many influential works on child abuse, he teaches at Harvard Medical School and founded the Chi ...
Sherron Watkins
Sherron Watkins is the former Vice President of Enron Corporation who alerted then-CEO Ken Lay in August 2001 to accounting irregularities within the company, warning him that Enron ‘might implode in a wave of accounting scandals.’ She has testified before Congressional Committees from the House and Senate investigatin ...
Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr
Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. He is also Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program. Badaracco has taught courses on business ethics, strategy, and management in the School’s MBA and executive programs. He also serves as Housemaster of Currie ...
Ralph Nader
Former Green Party candidate for president and one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential Americans of the 20th Century," Ralph Nader has always been a voice fighting for the people on the issues that matter most: healthcare, safety, environment, ethics, education, economic and social equality. As a keynote speake ...
Peter & Bethany Yarrow
Peter Yarrow, of the legendary folk trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, is joined by his daughter Bethany in a presentation combining music and storytelling that is both entertaining and relevant. Intergenerational message of family, humanity and community.
Howard Putnam
For more than thirty years, Putnam played a leading role in the rapidly changing environment of the airline industry. Creating a "vision" and "enhancing the culture" were the key elements of Putnam's tenure at Southwest. Author of The Winds of Turbulence, he uses his experience to share stories told in a humorous and ...
Randy Pennington
Pennington is an expert in helping leaders build a culture focused on results. He combines more than twenty years of front-line leadership and consulting experience to deliver practical ideas that can be applied at many levels. He is the author of On My Honor, I Will and Results Rule!
Peter J. Gomes
As minister of Harvard University’s Memorial Church, Rev. Gomes is one of the most distinguished and respected preachers as well as author of numerous best-selling books, including The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart and his most recent, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus. Deeply vested in hum ...
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
The first female Lt. Governor of Maryland, Kennedy Townsend has carried the Kennedy legacy in serving the people of our nation. With faith and religion consistently crossing over into the political realm, she has written Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way ...
Peter Thum
Nestled in the coolers of more than 8,000 Starbucks stores, sits Ethos Water, a 23.6-ounce bottle festooned with a map of the world. What distinguishes it from other brands? The company was founded by Peter Thum, a former McKinsey consultant, who dreamed of providing clean drinking water to Third World countries by selling ...
Randy Cohen
The Emmy Award-winning Cohen pens humor pieces, essays, and stories for newspapers and magazines worldwide. Currently, he writes "The Ethicist," a weekly column for The New York Times Magazine. He has written for Late Night With David Letterman, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and is a regular contributor t ...
Lance Williams & Mark Fainaru-Wada
When investigative journalists Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams rocked the world of baseball, breaking open the BALCO scandal and exposing the influence of steroids in sports, they faced jail time for maintaining their journalistic integrity and not revealing their sources. Their book,
John Wood
At age 35, he left his job as Director of Business Development for Microsoft’s Greater China region to form Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that promotes literacy in impoverished parts of the world. He spent most of his career running significant parts of Microsoft’s international business, including the worldwi ...
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Internationally known as Africa’s “Iron Lady,” President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first woman to lead an African nation. A Harvard educated former World Bank economist, she is a leading promoter of peace, justice, and democratic rule, working tirelessly end the corruption that has plagued her countr ...
David Callahan
Callahan is the author of The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead. The book has sparked a national dialogue with Callahan featured on numerous television and radio programs. A social phenomenon, over 100 newspapers and magazines have featured stories and reviews about the book.
Juan Williams
Prize-winning columnist and editorial writer for The Washington Post, Juan Williams is also NPR’s Senior Correspondent and a keynote speaker on issues including diversity, ethics, leadership, media and national issues. There are few voices as clear and intelligent on the power of diversity within today's business, ...
John F. Crowley
Chairman and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics, Crowley is an American business and social entrepreneur – and a true inspiration. After his two youngest children were diagnosed with Pompe disease, he embarked on a journey to find a treatment that would save their lives. An inspiring story of what it means to do whatever it tak ...
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