PAU Launches TEDxPAU, Harps on Ethics

Emma Okonji

The Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) has launched the maiden edition of its TEDxPAU, a platform that brings together thought leaders, innovators, and visionaries to share ideas and inspire positive change within the community and beyond.

The maiden edition, which held recently at the Lagos Business School (LBS), with the theme: “Rethink,” focused on ethics at marketplace.

The TEDxPAU event featured a lineup of speakers from different industries who shared their unique perspectives, ideas, and experiences.

The organiser, and licensee of the event, Bella Victor, gave an inspiring talk on the power of ideas, while highlighting the importance of the event for students.

The Vice Chancellor of Pan-Atlantic University, Prof. Enase Okonedo, during her presentation, spoke about ethics in the marketplace, and highlighted the struggle between balancing ethical considerations and self-interest.

According to Okonedo, “You know what you have learnt, you know the right thing to do but sometimes, the challenges of living true to the ethical considerations versus self-interest are hard to negotiate in our minds. But what do

we do? Do we play ball, as they say and therefore further contribute to the problems that we have seen and all the experience on a day-to-day basis?”

The Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Carl Cruz, emphasised the importance of a support system at any given marketplace.

According to Cruz,“There will be a time when everything goes wrong, when you don’t expect, when things happen, you don’t expect it the way it should happen, you will be frustrated. This is the time that you will really depend on a very strong support system.”