“SAVING
THE CORPORATE SOUL” posted
4/5/07
David Batstone to Speak
at Convocation
ADRIAN, Mich. — David Batstone
will speak on April 11 at 12:15 p.m. in Dawson Auditorium,
as part of the Convocation speaker series.
A rare set of skills enable David
Batstone to be active as a business entrepreneur, professor
and journalist.
Batstone is the executive editor of
Sojourners magazine, the leading voice at the crossroads
of politics, business, spirituality and culture. Batstone
was also a founding editor of “Business 2.0”
magazine and has contributed to the New York Times,
Wired, the Chicago Tribune, Spin and the San Francisco
Chronicle.
Batstone is widely published in both
the academy and in the popular press. His five books
address ethical issues concerning politics, the economy,
and spirituality. His most recent book, “Saving
the Corporate Soul & (Who Knows?) Maybe Your Own”
won the Nautilus Award for "2004 Best Business
Book." USA (Today) Weekend called Batstone "...one
of the country's leading authorities on ethics in the
business world."
He is the recipient of two national
journalist awards and named the National Endowment for
the Humanities Chair at the University of San Francisco
for his work in technology and ethics.
During the 1980s, he founded and directed
a non-governmental agency dedicated to economic development
and human rights in Latin America.
Convocation is free and open to the
public. Dawson Auditorium is located off Charles Street.
A Rising Voice on Modern-day Slavery
Although Batstone’s speech is
titled “Saving the Corporate Soul,” he is
well-versed on other topics as well.
When “Amazing Grace” hit
U.S. movie theatres in February, it began to raise awareness
about an issue that many people don’t think about
much anymore: human slavery.
David Batstone, author of “Not
for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade –
And How We Can Fight It” (Harper San Francisco,
2007), says people don’t realize how huge an issue
it is today. The State Department estimates 18,000-20,000
people are transported into America each year for prostitution
or forced labor.
“There’s a real sense
of disbelief and shock when people here those numbers,”
Harper said in the Feb. 23 cover story of the United
Methodist Reporter.
The article cites Batstone as
the spokesperson for the Amazing Change Campaign, which
was organized by “Amazing Grace” producer
Walden Media in order to raise awareness of slavery
today. The program is supported by U.S. evangelical
groups, including the National Association of Evangelicals
and Focus on the Family.
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