2007 - NYU Stern Names Alice Tepper Marlin Citi Distiguished Fellow

Alice Tepper Marlin, Fifth Citi Distinguished Fellow

NYU's Stern School has named Alice Tepper Marlin the fifth Citi Distinguished Fellow.

Celebrating the fifth anniversary year of the Citi Leadership and Ethics Program, the Stern School has focused on Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a rubric that spans environmental stewardship and sustainability, respect for labor and its inherent rights and the responsibilities of global capital to developing economies.

In announcing the appointment, Stern describes Alice Tepper Marlin as "one of the true pioneers in the field [who] has been called the "architect" of CSR.

She is the founder and current president of Social Accountability International (SAI), an organization that created the SA8000 workplace standard to addresses the ethics of supply chains. Slice Tepper Marlin was also the founding president and CEO of the Council on Economic Priorities (CEP), the first organization to research and publish information on corporate ethics for consumers. Its consumer handbook, "Shopping for a Better World," sold more than a million copies.

As fellow, Alice Tepper Marlin will visit Professional Responsibility classes and anchor the Citi Program's annual conference on Friday, February 22, 2008, which will include the participation of Pamela Flaherty, president and chief executive officer of the Citi Foundation. She also plans to meet with the MBA Social Enterprise Association and the undergraduate Stern Business Ethics Society student clubs, engage with members of the faculty and bring leaders from her field to the Stern community.

The four previous Citi Distinguished Fellows were Arthur Levitt, Jr., the 25th and longest-serving Chairman of the SEC; John Biggs, former Chairman and CEO of TIAA-CREF; Harvey Goldschmid, Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia University and former SEC Commissioner; and Charles Ellis, Trustee of the RW Johnson Foundation and for 30 years Managing Director of Greenwich Associates.

In anouncing the appointment, Thomas F. Cooley, Dean of NYU's Stern School, said: "The Stern School has had an abiding interest in research and teaching on the relationship between business and society and sees itself at the center of this dialogue. We are delighted that our partnership with Citi enables us to welcome Alice Tepper Marlin to the School. Her contribution to the discussion on global corporate social security is sure to stimulate discussion and debate on this important area."

Citi's commitment to CSR in the area of global climate change was recognized in September 2007 when it was named a top financial institution in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index. In May 2007, Citi announced that it will direct $50 billion over 10 years to address global climate change through investments and financings to support the commercialization and growth of alternative energy and clean technology.

The Citi Leadership and Ethics Program at Stern was established in 2003, through the support of the Citi Foundation. It is managed by Stern's Markets, Ethics and Law Program.