EVENTS
Events
Event Date: September 14, 2022, 12:10 PM – 12:50 PM
Brown Bag Seminar
Kyushu University Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies (Q-AOS) Brown Bag Seminar Series The 65th Seminar 「The What? Why? Who? of Science Communication —everybody's doing it, so why don't you—」
The Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series are held every Wednesday lunch time from April 2021. The purpose of this webinar series is to provide opportunities not only to learn research related with SDGs in Asian and Oceanian regions and but also to expand your research network in different academic areas. The webinar is free, available in English and Japanese, and open to everyone! We hope you all come and join us!
Details
- Date
- 2022/9/14 12:10 ~ 2022/9/14 12:50
- Style
- Style
- Language
- Bilingual Japanese-English support (simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission Fee
- Free
- The maximum number for the webinar participants
- 500 people
- Contact
- Person：Kyushu University Q-AOS Administrative Office
TEL：+81-92-802-2603・2605
E-mail：aoevent★jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp（Please change ★ to @）
Abstract
Do people engage in economic activities for the sole purpose of making money? Are good intentions and business completely incompatible? Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who established 「the Grameen Bank」 to help the poor and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, pointed out that 「the greatest flaw in the modern capitalist theory is that it misunderstands the nature of human beings.」 He states that human beings are both selfish and altruistic. Economic theories built on only one aspect of human nature give rise to various social problems, such as disparities between rich and poor, environmental destruction, and the devastation of the mind. One of the solutions to these problems is a "social business company," a company whose management objective is to solve social problems. This is not an idealistic statement. It is a way of working that we should aim for at a time when the frayed edges of capitalism are becoming more noticeable.
Program
12:10 – 12:15 Introduction
Assoc. Prof. Fumihiko YOKOTA (Research Promotion Coordinator of Q-AOS)
12:15 – 12:40"Yunus Social Business-As a Social Problem Solving Business”
Professor Masaharu Okada
(Yunus & Shiiki Social Business Research Center, Kyushu University)
12:40 – 12:50 Q&A
Assoc. Prof. Fumihiko YOKOTA (Research Promotion Coordinator of Q-AOS)
12:15 – 12:40"Yunus Social Business-As a Social Problem Solving Business”
Professor Masaharu Okada
(Yunus & Shiiki Social Business Research Center, Kyushu University)
12:40 – 12:50 Q&A
Material
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