This is a penal discussion on the ethical challenges American corporations face when they participate in the judicial electoral process. The program is co-sponsored by the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Baruch College; Center for Political Accountability; and Carol & Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania as part of the David Berg Foundation Lecture Series.

Donald Shepers, Director, The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate, Integrity, makes the opening remarks. The panel is moderated by Marya Cotten, Assistant Professor of Law, Baruch College. Speakers include:

Dorothy Samuels, Member, New York Times Editorial Board; author of The Selling of the Judiciary

James Sample, Professor, Hofstra Law School; formerly director of the Judicial Elections Project at the Brennan Center, New York University

Jeffery Berger, Associate, Mayer Brown

The Hon. Penny White, Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law; former justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court

Roy Schotland, Professor of Law, Georgetown University

The event takes place on September, 17, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750.