The 2022 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics

Tuesday, April 26, 2022
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ET
Geffen Hall, Cooperman Commons (1st Floor)

Pre-event reception begins at 5:30 p.m. in Geffen 202 (Lulu Wang Alumni Suite). Refreshments will be served.

This event will be livestreamed from Manhattanville. Seats available for CBS students, faculty, and staff.

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The Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics and Ethical Practice in the Professions recognizes an individual or representative of a business organization exemplifying the highest standard of professional and ethical conduct. The Prize was established by a generous gift from the late Benjamin Botwinick BS '26 and his wife, Bessie.

This is a Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership (PPIL) approved event focusing on the DEI related topics of creating an inclusive environment and addressing systemic inequity.

About Indra Nooyi

Indra K. Nooyi served as CEO and chairman of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2019. Her prescient strategic thinking, insight into consumer behavior, and wisdom on managing a vast, global workforce make her one of the world’s most sought-after advisors to entrepreneurs, executives, and governments. She is also revered as a role model for women and immigrants and celebrated for her empowering messages on inclusivity. At PepsiCo, she was the chief architect of Performance with Purpose, the company’s mission to deliver sustained growth by making more nutritious products, limiting the company’s environmental footprint, and empowering its associates and people in the communities it serves.

She has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor, the U.S. State Department’s award for Outstanding American by Choice, and 15 honorary degrees. In 2021, Indra became an elected member of the American Philosophical Society and joined the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art. She was also inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame and National Women’s Hall of Fame. She is also the author of the book, My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future, a highly-anticipated memoir that offers insight and a call-to-action from one of the world’s most-admired business leaders on how our society can blend work and family— and advance women — in the 21st century. She is married to Raj Nooyi and has two daughters, Preetha and Tara.