[Join Us Now] 2023 Founders’ Day “President’s Chatroom Series — Corporate Culture and Founders’ Values”

Approaching March 2023, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) will be celebrating its 43rd anniversary with a variety of activities. President Simon S.M. HO, an international scholar on corporate governance and sustainability, and Prof. IP Po Keung, a research fellow on corporate ethics and institutional cultures, will discuss and review how founders’ values of well-known corporations shape their unique corporate cultures at the captioned seminar.

The political, economic, social, historical, cultural, organisational and personal forces of different economies in the world shaped their respective unique corporate cultures. The President’s Chatroom will explore the experiences of the well-known companies in Hong Kong (Hang Seng Bank), Japan (Kongo Gumi Co., Ltd.), and the United States (The Container Store) to investigate the relationships between the culture of these organisations and their founders’ values. By understanding its corporate culture, people will hopefully be able to choose the right company to work for, patronise, and invest in.

There will be a Q&A session and sharing of personal experiences is welcome.

Answer quiz questions during the event to receive an autographed co-authored book Ho Sin Hang and the Early Company Culture of Hang Seng Bank from President Ho and Prof. Ip.

Details are as follows:

Event: 2023 Founders’ Day “President’s Chatroom Series — Corporate Culture and Founders’ Values”

Date: 1 March 2023 (Wednesday)

Time: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Speakers: President Simon S.M. HO and Prof. IP Po Keung

Language: Chinese (Cantonese)

Platform: Live (Lee Ping Yuen Chamber, 8/F Lee Quo Wai Academic Building, Yuen Campus, HSUHK) and Online (Zoom)

Organiser: Advancement and Alumni Affairs Office (AAAO), HSUHK

Free Registration: Click here 

Registration deadline: 28 February 2022 (Tuesday), 12:30 pm

For enquiries, please contact us at 3963 5169 or aaao@hsu.edu.hk.

Regards,
Advancement and Alumni Affairs Office
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Biographies of speakers

Professor Simon S M Ho

President of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Commonwealth Scholar

Certified public accountant in the UK, Australia and Canada

Chairman of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Community Relations and Member of the Advisory Committee on Corruption, Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption

The first Chinese scholar awarded the Faculty Pioneer Award by the Aspen Institute, USA (described as Oscar of the business school world by the Financial Times)

Elected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere

Granted the Chinese Family Business Research Pioneer Award by the China Private Enterprise Economic Research Association, China, in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the CSR of Chinese family businesses

Prof. IP Po Keung

Adjunct Professor and Fellow of Research Institute for Business, School of Business, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Commonwealth Scholar

Taught at universities in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, teaching and research areas include corporate ethics, corporate culture, applied ethics, etc.

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Business Ethics and Asian Journal of Business Ethics

Recent Chinese book publications include: 企業文化的創造與傳承, 帝制中華的庶民倫理, 職場倫理, 組織倫理, 企業倫理學     

Co-authored with Professor Simon S M Ho the book Ho Sin Hang and the Early Company Culture of Hang Seng Bank – A Founder’s Values and the Making of Company Culture