January 24, 2017
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​"Leading with Integrity" by Bill O'Rourke 

During this event, the Pittsburgh AIHA welcomed guest speaker Bill O’Rourke, who presented on “Leading with Integrity”, which focused on Ethics and highlighted the thirteen categories of business ethics issues that are described in his book:  “The Business Ethics Field Guide.”  During this presentation, Bill posed a number of specific business ethics dilemmas and lead a discussion on how best to handle those situations.

Speaker Biography:

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Bill O’Rourke retired from Alcoa in September, 2011. He continued to serve on the Board of the Alcoa Foundation and teach “Values” at Alcoa’s Corporate Exective Development Programs until 2013. He joined Alcoa as a Patent Attorney in 1975 and held a number of leadership positions including Corporate Patent Counsel, Vice President of Global Business Services (Financial Services, HR Services, Aircraft Operations, etc.), Chief Information Officer, Vice President of Procurement, Corporate Auditor, and Assistant General Counsel. From 2005 to 2008 Bill was the President of Alcoa-Russia. Bill was the Vice President, Environment, Health & Safety and Sustainability three times under three CEOs at Alcoa.

Bill is also a Fellow of the Wheatley Institution in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University where he serves on the Ethics Advisory Board and teaches ethics to all Business School students. He is on the Board of Directors of John Carroll University in Cleveland and serves on the Ethics Advisory Counsel of the Healthcare Group Purchasing Initiative in Washington, DC. He was on the Board of Directors (Past Chairman)of Sustainable Pittsburgh, and serves on a number of other civic, charitable and religious organizations. From 2011 to August, 2014 Bill was the Executive Director of the Beard Institute for Ethics at the School of Business at Duquesne University. Bill lectures on Business Ethics and Safety at a number of companies around the World and at dozens of universities including the University of Pittsburgh, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona State, Illinois, Carnegie Mellon, San Jose, Benedictine University, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, the University of Dayton and Duquesne University.

Bill published the book "The Power of Ethics" with co-author Pete Geissler. And, he just concluded another in August, 2016; "The Business Ethics Field Guide," with co-authors Dr. Bradley Agle and Dr. Aaron Miller.

Bill received his undergraduate degree (BS/BA) from John Carroll University and his law degree (JD) from Duquesne University. Bill served as an officer in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. Bill and his wife, Elena, have three children and live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

View Bill's LinkedIn Profile Here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-o-rourke-63a70463
If you have any questions regarding registration or payment, contact Christy Kirsch at ckirsch@pittsburghaiha.org.