IBTE Corporate Program

The Institute for Business, Technology, and Ethics

Through the IBTE Corporate Program, businesses have an opportunity to identify publicly with our mission of promoting good business through appropriate technology and sound ethics, and to gain access to valuable material. With the current concerns about corporate ethics, this identification can bring business value to the participant. We have developed some powerful new material entitled "Business Ethics for Business Value" that can help any company improve not only their perception in the marketplace, but their bottom line, and we have made it easier for sponsor companies to access this material. In turn, participant companies provide vital support to the Institute for Business, Technology, and Ethics (a 501 (c) (3) non profit corporation) for raising issues and offering solutions in this fast-paced business world.

Corporate Patrons:

Fortune Magazine (www.fortune.com)
InfoWorld (www.infoworld.com)

Small Business Sponsors:

KrisMark Group, Inc.
Christine Pickles, C.P.A.
Strategic Solutions (www.strategicsol.com)

Educational Affiliates:

Center for Business Integrity,
Seattle Pacific University (www.spu.edu)

Corporate Patrons

• Patrons are identified with the IBTE mission through our website at www.ethix.org and in our bi-monthly publication Ethix.
• Employees of Patron companies can receive a 40% discount on annual subscriptions to Ethix magazine if delivered through the company address.
• Patron companies are eligible for a 15% discount on IBTE in-house consulting, and will have the fees waived for the first day of consulting.
• Patrons contribute a minimum of $5000 per year.

Corporate Partners

• Partners are identified with the IBTE mission through our website at www.ethix.org and in our bi-monthly publication Ethix.
• Employees of Partner companies can receive a 25% discount on annual subscriptions to Ethix magazine if delivered through the company address.
• Partner companies are eligible for a 10% discount on IBTE in-house consulting, and will have fees waived for the first half-day of consulting.
• Partners contribute a minimum of $2500 per year.

Small Business Sponsors (Companies with 25 or fewer employees)

• Small Business Sponsors are identified with the IBTE mission through our website at www.ethix.org and in our bi-monthly publication Ethix.
• Employees of Small Business Sponsor companies can receive a 15% discount on annual subscriptions to Ethix magazine if delivered through the company address.
• Small Business Sponsor companies are also eligible for a 10% discount on IBTE in-house consulting, and will be eligible for up to four hours of free telephone consultation.
• Small Business Sponsors contribute a minimum of $1000 per year.

Why Should Your Business Join the IBTE Corporate Program?

The Challenge

Businesses are dealing with several very challenging problems today. The continuous pace of change from information technology is a major factor in an increasingly cost-conscious business environment. The focus on security after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 has created economic pressure in a worldwide competitive market. The massive ethical failures in business in the early part of the 21st century has led to major distrust of business by the markets, the regulators, and the public.

The foundational values and ethics of a company and company leaders causes executives to want to "do something" about ethics. We agree something needs to be done, but we need an approach to business ethics that can bring bottom-line improvements, not just activity. It must bring value, not just cost.

The Opportunity

The IBTE was founded in 1998 to study the interrelationships of business, technology, and ethics. How can business thrive in the face of these rapid changes while maintaining its foundational values? Our mission is to promote good business through appropriate technology and sound ethics. We have been working carefully on this problem for four years, and have not simply patched together a program in response to the latest headlines.

We are committed to integration...
the analysis of business, technology, and ethics, all three domains together, as a key to corporate success and a healthy perspective on work.

We are committed to collaboration...
drawing people together from business, the professions, and academia, from around the world, into one conversation.

We are committed to practicality...
not just ivory tower, think tank ideas, but practical, workable strategies for concrete change in the workplace and marketplace.

We are committed to depth...
not superficial rhetoric and simplistic formulas, but serious, rigorous, thorough study of issues, trends and connections in business and technology, not just ethics as "damage control" or crisis management, but ethics as "mission control, as a value orientation woven into the mission and culture of whole organizations.

How IBTE Can Benefit You and Your Company

ETHIX, The IBTE Bulletin
Our bi-monthly publication Ethix, includes timely articles on trends and connections in business, technology, and ethics . . . reviews of important books, media, and events . . . interviews of business, technology, and ethics leaders . . . presently mailed to 2000 people on six continents.

WWW.ETHIX.ORG
The current issue of Ethix, along with the Ethix index, archives, and other resources is accessible through the IBTE website, www.ethix.org. This is also the place for you to most easily enter the IBTE conversation (contact@ethix.org). We had approximately 10,000 hits per month on this site in 2001, 20,000 per month in 2002, 40,000 per month in 2003.

IBTE CONSULTING
IBTE Co-Founders Dr. Al Erisman and Dr. David Gill (together, individually, or with an IBTE consulting team) are available for consultation. The centerpiece of this consulting is to help companies achieve "Business Ethics for Business Value." We have developed tools to help companies in resolving ethical dilemmas. Beyond responding to crises, however, we have developed:

• a set of guidelines that establish the business basis for ethics throughout an organization,
• principles and practices that become the basis for improving organizational culture and business practices,
• an approach to turn business ethics from "fire fighting" and "damage control" into a new approach affecting the fabric of organizational culture and practices leading to fewer crises.

Our goal is to help companies improve their ethical environment leading to fewer crises, less "fire fighting," and greater business value

WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
IBTE principles can come into your company and lay out key ideas to consider, or work more deeply with your organization to effect change.

GUEST SPEAKERS
IBTE leaders frequently speak on aspects of business, technology, and ethics at various business, professional, and educational gatherings. Contact the IBTE to get more information about scheduling an IBTE presentation.

Leadership

Albert M. Erisman (ame@ethix.org) worked for The Boeing Company for thirty-two years, the last twelve as Director of Mathematics and Computing Technology. He was named one of the inaugural Boeing Senior Technical Fellows in 1990. Erisman earned a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and is the co-author of two books and many articles in scientific and technical journals and books. He is Chair of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) IT Review Committee and a member of the board of the Washington Technology Center. His is a faculty member at Seattle Pacific University teaching in the area of business ethics and the influence of technology on business and ethics.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The IBTE is an independent, non-profit corporation (501 (c) (3)) governed by a Board of Directors. (Employers are listed for identification purposes only).

ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Advisory Council represents business leaders, university professors, non-profit leaders, and technologists who offer advice and council to us. They are:

Brett Berlin, Uli Chi, John Edwardson, W. Ward Gasque, Gary Ginter, Alexander Hill, Robert Johansen, Charles Kwon, Carl Mitcham, Peter Morton, Richard Osgood, Rosalind Picard, Richard Stearns, and Don Tapscott.

CONTACT IBTE

IBTE
P.O. Box 50474
Bellevue WA 98004
Phone: 425-269-6537
ame@ethix.org
Info@ethix.org
www.ethix.org