Fr. Stephan Rothlin, director of the Macau Ricci Institute, is set to deliver a lecture on China’s emergence as a superpower, at the 28th annual JRD Tata Oration on Business Ethics, organised by XLRI, on February 6.

Like many other events of the institute, this lecture will also be held on a virtual platform for the first time, amid the outbreak of Covid-19.

Rothlin, also the CEO of CEO of Rothlin International Management Consulting Ltd., will deliver his lecture on the topic “China The Emerging Superpower: The Ethical Underpinnings”.

“We are delighted to have Fr. Stephan Rothlin, S.J. to deliver the oration on the 28th year of JRD Tata Oration on Business Ethics and inspire our students with his thought-provoking words,” XLRI director Fr. P Christie said.

“XLRI has been organising the JRD Tata Oration on Business Ethics for our students to listen to their role models and leaders and understand the need and importance of ethics in business. It also inspires them to follow these ethical codes of conduct in their professional and personal lives,” he added.

Rothlin is a Jesuit priest from Switzerland, who has been working in China for the last 22 years.

His teaching and research interests are focused on international business ethics and responsible entrepreneurship, focusing on China.

A sought-after speaker, he provides educational consulting services to encourage corporate social responsibility. Rothlin advocates business communities and society at large with the values of honesty, integrity, respect, transparency, and responsibility as indispensable elements for business excellence.

From 2005 –2013, he was secretary-general for the Center for International Business Ethics, Beijing, and chairman of the Association of International Business Ethics in Hong Kong.

Christie further talked about XLRI’s role in placing on the forefront the importance of pursuing an ethical code of conduct in the corporate world.

“We believe that no management education curriculum is really complete unless and until the students are instilled with a set of abiding values - that are indispensable ingredients for any aspiring business leader in today’s world. XLRI is the first B-school in the country to introduce a core course on Managerial Ethics for its HRM and BM programmes. Each year, the B-school confers a medal to the best student in Managerial Ethics at the institute’s annual convocation,” he said.