The Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance Conference

The 7th Ethics of Business, Trade, & Global Governance Conference

Location: Saint Anselm College (Manchester, NH)

Dates: February 6-7, 2026

Proposal Submission Deadline: Oct 31, 2025

Submission email: [email protected]

Plenary Speaker: Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

The Saint Anselm College Center for Ethics in Society, in cooperation with the Department of Finance—University of Vienna and the University of St. Andrews Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance, announces a call for proposals for a conference on the economics, ethics, and governance of global commerce.

Significant economic and political changes continue to challenge the established global economic and political order. This time of disruption and shifting economic power is an opportunity to reassess debates about tariffs and international trade, capital and labor flows, and global economic cooperation and governance. This interdisciplinary conference invites contributions from ethicists, economists, political scientists, international relations scholars, policy experts, and business leaders to examine the political and economic impact of recent events and policy changes. Our central goal is to explore how economic cooperation, international trade, and investment can be conducted more ethically as we make sense of this new economic and political era.

We welcome all presentations at the intersection of Business Ethics, Trade, and Global Governance.  We are particularly interested in proposals that engage directly with the work of Professor Rodrik on economic globalization, growth, and development.  For further information, see the CFP.

Deadlines:  Proposals for individual presentations, panels, and roundtable discussions are due October 31, 2025.

More Information:  The conference is hosted by the Saint Anselm College Center for Ethics in Society and supported by our partners at the University of Vienna and the St. Andrews Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance.  For more information on the conference, please see the Saint Anselm College Center for Ethics in Societywebsite(www.anselm.edu/ethics).

Conference Costs:  The regular and student fees include three meals.  Financial support may be available in certain cases.  

•  $225-regular

•  $75-student