Power and Responsibility
Rethinking Corporations for the Public Interest
Date & time
5 November 2026 | 18.00-19.00
Event format
Attend event in person
Event type
Talk / panel debate
Event topic
Business, finance & economics, Money & finance, Politics & protest
Audience
Adults
Academic discipline
Economic and social history, Economics management and business studies, Politics and international relations
Venue
Lecture Theatre 2, Boyd Orr Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8SP
Money & finance theme
What's on offer?
This public lecture is part of the events hosted by the University of Glasgow to commemorate the 250 years since the publication of the Adam Smith’s work The Wealth of Nations.
What's it about?
This lecture situates current debates about corporate profit-making and ‘purpose’ in this larger history and discusses options for reforming corporations so that their actions align (more) with the public interest.
Who's leading the event?
Speaker: Professor Rutger Claassen, Professor of Political Philosophy and Economic Ethics at Utrecht University
Leads: Dr Michael Frazer – Senior Lecturer, Political and International Studies, University of Glasgow & Dr Maha Rafi Atal- Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Glasgow
Open to
Anyone is welcome
Of particular interest to
Those interested in business, corporations, history and economics.
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