Visiting fellows to lecture on ethics

Tom's of Maine founder talks about business ethics

Published November 3, 2003; Category: VISITORS

Tom Chappell, founder of the Tom's of Maine line of personal care products, will offer a free public lecture titled "Leading with Values" at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, in 105 Dartmouth. The lecture is part of Chappell's tenure as Dartmouth's first Dorsett-Cottrell Fellow in Applied and Professional Ethics.

Chappell, who is also offering an abbreviated ethical leadership program while on campus, founded the Tom's of Maine brand in 1970. The company now produces more than 100 natural personal care products and has been recognized widely for providing a positive work environment.

His success has led to many honors in the business community, including the 1991 Entrepreneur of the Year title given by CNBC. Working Mother magazine listed Tom's of Maine as one of the top 100 companies in the United States for working mothers; the company was also named one of the 10 healthiest companies by Health magazine. In 1992 Tom's of Maine received the Corporate Conscience Award for Charitable Contributions from the Council on Economic Priorities. The following year Chappell and his wife were honored with the New England Environmental Leadership Award and the Governor's Award for Business Excellence.

Chappell's interest in socially and environmentally responsible business has led to two books, The Soul of a Business: Managing for Profit and the Common Good and Managing Upside Down: The Seven Intentions for Values-Centered Leadership. He is also the founder of the not-for-profit Saltwater Institute, which researches, develops and markets experience-based learning models for use in values-centered organizations.

The Dorsett-Cottrell Fellowship was established in 2001 by Research Technologies Corporation and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation. The award is named, in part, for Dartmouth alumnus Burt Dorsett '53, who was a founding board member at Research Technologies. The program's goal is to allow students the opportunity to meet and learn from distinguished scholars or practitioners of professional ethics.

NPR correspondent Garrels discusses ethics in journalism

National Public Radio foreign correspondent Anne Garrels will give the Montgomery Endowment's last fall-term lecture, "Naked in Baghdad," at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Filene Auditorium in Moore Hall for the "Truth and Ethics in Journalism" series. The series will return in the winter term with lectures by former Los Angeles Times diplomatic reporter Robin Wright on Jan. 12; New York Times columnist David Brooks on Jan. 13; Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Chicago Tribune Clarence Page on Jan. 21; and Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper's magazine, on Feb. 3.

Garrels began her journalism career reporting for ABC news in the Soviet Union, Central America and at the U.S. State Department, which she also covered for NBC. Since 1988 she has been a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio reporting from Russia and the other former Soviet republics, China, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel, the West Bank and, most recently, Iraq. She has written a book about her experiences in Baghdad during the war, titled Naked in Baghdad, published this year by Farrar Straus.

Garrels was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations from 1997 to 1998 and has received Columbia Dupont and Overseas Press Club awards. Her work in Baghdad has been recognized with the International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism award, the University of Missouri School of Journalism Gold Medal and Inter-Action's Award for Excellence in International Reporting. She is also on the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

When she is not covering the world's hot spots she lives in Connecticut with her husband, artist Vint Lawrence, three dogs and three cats. Her lecture is part of the Montgomery Endowment's 25th anniversary celebration and is free and open to the public.

By TAMARA STEINERT