Welcome to the Center for Business Ethics
The Center for Business Ethics (CBE) is one of the world’s leading research and educational institutes in the field of business ethics. It is also among the oldest, having been established in 1976, when the field was in its infancy.
Over three decades, CBE has shown unsurpassed leadership in advancing knowledge, stimulating public discourse and disseminating best practices among a global network of executives, ethics and compliance professionals, academics, researchers and students of business.
Learn more about CBE and its work. WILLIAM S. WOODSIDE The Lectures of William S. Woodside, The Center for Business Ethics has HOWARD D. PUTNAM Howard Putnam, the former CEO of Southwest Airlines, is a member of the Center for Business Ethics' Advisory Board. Since retiring from Southwest Airlines, he has become one of the most respected business consultants, motivational speakers, authors and commentators in the areas of leadership, customer service, change management, and ethics.
The Center has two new features on its web site — please see below.
CEO of Primerica
(formerly American Can)
1922-2000
been given the unique opportunity
to archive 80 lectures given by
William Woodside, spanning the
years 1973 to 1992. For this honor
we give special thanks to
Mr. Woodside’s wife, Migs Woodside.
Link to Speeches and Biography
Visit Howard's home page to visit Howard's Homepage and to subscribe to his free and very popular online series, the “Putnam e-Series.”












