{"id":24479,"date":"2026-02-25T10:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24479"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:07:09","slug":"global-business-leader-paul-polman-to-speak-at-udm-on-march-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/02\/25\/global-business-leader-paul-polman-to-speak-at-udm-on-march-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Global business leader Paul Polman to speak at UDM on March 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Paul-Polman_BW.jpg?resize=300%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Paul Polman\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Paul-Polman_BW.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Paul-Polman_BW.jpg?resize=768%2C564&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Paul-Polman_BW.jpg?resize=750%2C550&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Paul-Polman_BW.jpg?w=770&amp;ssl=1 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Detroit Mercy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/business.udmercy.edu\/centers\/prime\/\">Center for Practice &amp; Research in Management &amp; Ethics<\/a> (PRIME Center) will host Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever and a global leader in sustainable and purpose-driven business, for a talk titled <em>The Case for Net Positive Leadership<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This event will take place on <strong>Friday, March 27, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.<\/strong>, in the Student Union Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>Polman is the co\u2011author of <em>Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take<\/em> and is ranked the No. 1 business thought leader in the world by Thinkers50. 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