Profits, Power & Human Rights

As public trust in global corporations falters, can business leaders still do well and do good?

Join Michael Posner – former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and founding director of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights – for a conversation on the role of business in a world shaped by climate change, tech disruption, and global instability.

From Nike to Meta, Coca-Cola to Walmart, Posner draws on decades of experience to explore how companies are responding to calls for greater accountability – and what must happen next to rebuild trust, protect workers, and ensure human rights aren’t left behind.

Michael H. Posner is the Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance and the Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Paul van Zyl is the co-founder and CEO of The Conduit. Paul is a winner of the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and…