Welcome!
 

Welcome to the inaugural issue of NotaBene, Webster University’s School of Business & Technology’s new electronic newsletter. The name of the publication is Latin for “note well,” which is what we hope you'll do when you receive it!

NotaBene will deliver news and feature articles on the school’s many happenings, as well as perspectives on current business and technology trends. Along the way, we’ll also attempt to create a bit of controversy by addressing a topic of current interest in the world of business.

The topic under discussion in this issue is ethics, which should come as no surprise to anyone who’s digested a single news report within the past six months. Throughout the issue, you’ll find various perspectives on a subject that is as crucial to an organization’s success as crafting a comprehensive business plan. Dean Benjamin Akande discusses the importance of incorporating ethics instruction into a business school’s curriculum. Alumni Joe Hentschel provides an employer’s viewpoint on the necessity for honesty and integrity during times of economic decline. Sarasota campus director Bruce Sogolow challenges faculty members to consider their personal exercise of power and the model it provides for their students.

While NotaBene’s working mission is to communicate news and views from the School of Business & Technology, its overarching goal is to create a sense of community among those connected to the school. Over 46,000 alumni, 3,000 faculty members and nearly 13,000 graduate and undergraduate students make up the School of Business & Technology network. This group possesses a vast wealth of resources, and the impact this knowledge and these contacts can have on each member is great.

To develop NotaBene into a dynamic professional resource for the greater business and education community, we need your help. We encourage you to share your expertise by becoming a part of the publication in any number of ways. Offer your thoughts on a business or technology book you’ve just read. Draft a guest editorial on a topic you feel strongly about. Voice a criticism or compliment in a letter to the editor. Cast a vote in the interactive poll. The opportunities to contribute are as rich and diverse as the audience that is reading this.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Jeryldine Tully

Editor

notabene@webster.edu

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