Aspen Institute Web Conference Features Dean of the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business and Global VP from FedEx

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education will feature Hildy Teegen, Dean of the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business, along with Bill Margaritis, Corporate VP of Global Communications and Investor Relations for FedEx, in a Web Conference presentation, "Access: Making the Connection," on November 12 at 3:30 pm.

The Web Conference will focus on how "Access" to new markets and materials, new sources of labor and information, new communities and new ideas is the key to prosperity for people, businesses and nations. The program is part of a program of work, undertaken by Aspen in partnership with Fed Ex, which also includes a white paper and a business school teaching module.

Specifically, Dean Teegen will talk about access in the context of how the Moore School of Business is preparing future business leaders who understand how to create value through sustainable enterprise and development in a changing global business environment.

"The Moore School's approach, which builds on our leadership in international business education, fosters understanding of the sustainable enterprise across three dimensions: the natural environment, good governance and ethics and the interaction between government, business and society," she says. "We believe this framework for business education will develop global business leaders who are able to manage the critical 'access' challenges that firms will increasingly face in the future."

FedEx's Margaritis will talk about how the company's "Access" initiative has helped it expand into new markets, solve customer problems as well as what the company looks for in an MBA graduate that enables success in an open-access world.

"Access is the central economic issue for international businesses in the future," Margaritis said. "There is a direct correlation between access and the ability to generate high-paying jobs and more opportunities for economic growth around the world."

The Moore School is increasingly focusing on these issues in its curriculum and programs, such as its new cross-disciplinary Master of International Business, which is offered jointly between the Moore School and the University of South Carolina's Law School and Political Science Department.

"These are exactly the kind of business school graduates we need - those who possess the qualities required to succeed in an open access world, such as innovation, flexibility and multi-culturalism," Margaritis adds.

As part of the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education's mission to develop leaders for a sustainable global society, the program provides "Case Place" teaching modules for business school faculty through its CasePlace.org website that include a set of cases, articles, background reading and other materials related to a given theme for classroom use. This module discusses the cross-disciplinary concept of access by approaching this issue with the goal of helping familiarize future business leaders with the benefits and risks of access, as well as way to help better manage challenges and opportunity at this intersection of business and society, while utilizing access as a positive strategic tool.

The Moore School has also partnered with the Aspen Institute to launch the Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula. The prize identifies and rewards those in the larger management education community who have created innovative teaching materials and designed curricula related to sustainability in business. Page Prize submissions will be posted at http://www.CasePlace.org.

About the Moore School
The Moore School of Business is among the highest-ranked business schools in the world for international business education and research. Founded in 1919, the school has a history of innovative educational leadership, blending academic preparation with real-world experience through internships, consulting projects, study-abroad programs, and entrepreneurial opportunities. The Moore School offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as distinctive executive education programs. In 1998, the school was named for South Carolina native and New York financier Darla Moore, making the University of South Carolina the first major university to name its business school after a woman. For more information, visit http://www.moore.sc.edu.

About the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE) equips business leaders for the 21st century with the vision and knowledge to integrate corporate profitability and social value. Aspen CBE helps business educators incorporate issues of social and environmental stewardship into teaching and research by offering targeted resources, networks and a platform to share cutting-edge practice among peers. For more information, visit http://www.AspenCBE.org.