This program is made possible by support from the David Berg Foundation.

About the Program

Washington Post energy correspondent Steve Mufson will speak about the BP oil spill and its implications for companies that find and provide the world with fossil fuels. He will address the legal, legislative and policy responses to the disaster and discuss the unique ethical challenges facing the energy industry.

A light lunch will be served.

About the Speaker

Steven Mufson is a staff writer at The Washington Post, currently covering energy. A graduate of Yale University, he worked at The Wall Street Journal from 1980 to 1986 in New York, London and Johannesburg. He worked in Johannesburg from 1986-87 for Business Week and later had a visiting fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he wrote "Fighting Years; Black Resistance and the Struggle for a New South Africa" (Beacon Press). In 1989, he went to work for The Washington Post and he was its chief economics correspondent. From 1994 to 1998 he was the Beijing correspondent. Upon returning to the United States, he covered diplomatic affairs and then became deputy editor of Outlook, a weekly section of commentary and opinion. He has been covering energy since 2006. He is also a visiting lecturer at Georgetown University where he has taught an American Studies course about American opinion journalism from Tom Paine to the blogs.

Cosponsors

The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity thanks the following student organization for their participation in the David Berg Foundation Series on Ethics and Accountability:

Registration

Complimentary pre-registration is required to attend this program. Register online, by phone or e-mail:

1. Complete the online registration form
2. Call us at 646-312-3231

3. E-mail us at matthew.lepere@baruch.cuny.edu