Business leaders emphasize the importance of
ethics, gratitude and global vision
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Editor’s note: Here is listing of just some of the speakers who have visited the Huntsman School of Business in recent months.
Sam Clark The president and CEO of the Dale Barton Agency, Sam Clark, told a Dean’s Convocation audience in October 2008 how consistently choosing an ethical path has helped him build the kind of reputation that has led to his company’s success and growth. He told numerous stories about how holding to high ethical standards has paid off in his business and suggested each student make a decision now to be a “man or woman of integrity.” “It takes 30 years to build a reputation,” he said, “and you can lose that reputation in 30 seconds.”
Lew Cramer
Lew Cramer, president and CEO of the World Trade Center Utah, told the students they will need to think globally to succeed. Cramer served as the director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, leading the United States’s commercial staff of 1,400 employees at more than 120 embassies overseas and in 65 offices throughout the United States. Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. drafted him to be the president and CEO of the World Trade Center Utah, in 2006. “You may not all be going global,” he said, “but you all need to be globally competitive. This is a world where globalization is like a tsunami, sweeping across the landscape.”
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Scott Huskinson A Logan businessman, Scott Huskinson, who started a company that has become a leading supplier of wrist bands traditionally used in fund raising, was presented with a Professional Achievement Award in September 2008. Huskinson’s biggest entrepreneurial move came when he started a company with a friend, Clay Broadbent, called Reminderband just after Lance Armstrong made the “Live Strong” bands popular. Huskinson and Broadbent have since launched ifrogz, a company that is now the leading supplier of iPod accessories. Huskinson, ’01, marketing education, is now the CEO and president of Reminderband and iFrogz.
SCOTT HUSKINSON
